5 Key battles to watchout for in the India-Australia series

5. Josh Hazlewood v Umesh Yadav:

The last pair in the list is a clash between the pace spearheads of both the teams. Josh Hazlewood is undoubtedly one of the finest young bowlers in world cricket today while Umesh Yadav is yet to stabilize the consistency of his performances in ODIs. However, playing alongside Shami in the World Cup of 2015 made an impact on Yadav’s bowling which has managed to revive his career graph – as seen in the Test series against Sri Lanka and South Africa.

While Australian legend Glenn McGrath himself was impressed by both Josh and Yadav’s bowling in the past and to see these two face off with each other in the colour flannels shall be a riveting contest. Needless to say, about Josh Hazlewood, he is blessed with pinpoint accuracy, swing, pace and aggression which are all that a fast bowler needs.

Umesh has been bowling well for India just like Hazlewood for Australia in the recent past. But, who will be more destructive? The answer will divulge only in the coming weeks.