5 reasons Indian bowlers should be beware of the Australian batting

5. Shane Watson

Shane Watson got dropped from the team for 2 games after having a nightmare start to his World Cup, came back into the team and led the team to the semis with a match winning 64 runs against Pakistan.

Pakistan’s Wahab Riaz put him through a hellacious 30 ball spell in which he threw everything at him; yorkers, bouncers, short balls, chin music, almost everything but the kitchen sink. But Watson took some body blows, looked uncomfortable and awkward but had the last laugh when Australia knocked Pakistan out.

His weakness is the short ball and spin. India can do both with excellent executioners of both in their team in Yadav, Shami, Ashwin and Jadeja. If they can get him early ,good if not, get ready for a world of pain because this is the guy who has hit 15 sixes in an ODI innings.