IND vs AUS Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For 1st Test
Both India and Australia are likely to play three spinners in their playing XIs for the first Test.
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India (IND) hosts Australia (AUS) in the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur from February 8 to 12. Both teams are in contention to qualify for the World Test Championship final so this series will be paramount for everyone involved. Indian team beat Bangladesh by 2-0 in their last Test series but will miss star players Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, and Rishabh Pant will be missing this series due to various reasons.
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Australian team ranks first in the current ICC rankings and enter this after beating Sout Africa at home in their last Test series. The star pacers Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are missing the opening Test due to minor injuries while Cameron Green is also ruled out. But both teams are likely to include three spin options as the Nagpur pitch is supposed to favour spinners heavily.
Indian team is likely to hand a Test debut to Suryakumar Yadav while Ishan Kishan has to wait for his chance with KS Bharat donning wicketkeeping gloves. For Australia, Lance Morris and Todd Murphy are likely to make their international debut in the Nagpur Test.
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Match Information
India vs Australia, 1st Test
Australia tour of India, 9 Feb 2023, Thur, 9:30 AM IST, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Weather Report
Mist
16.0°C
94% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
India
Rohit Sharma (C), CA Pujara, Virat Kohli, SA Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, RA Jadeja, KL Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Mohammed Siraj, M Shami
Bench : Shubman Gill, S Iyer, Ishan Kishan, KL Yadav, UT Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat
Australia
AT Carey (wk), Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, TM Head, Pat Cummins (C), Nathan Lyon, SM Boland, LR Morris, AC Agar
Bench : MS Harris, C Green, Mitchell Starc, Matt Renshaw, PSP Handscomb, Mitchell Swepson, Todd Murphy, Josh Hazlewood
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
337
Average Score
Player Picks
Marnus Labuschagne AUS | BAT
The world's no.1 Test batter scored just one fifty from four innings against South Africa in the last Test series. But he has scored over 3000 runs at an average of almost 60 and will be a safe captaincy choice for the Dream11 Team.
Steve Smith AUS | BAT
Smith is closing on 9000 Test runs and is likely to achieve this feat in this series. He has scored 1742 Test runs at an average of 72.58 against India and has been in excellent form across formats lately.
Cheteshwar Pujara IND | BAT
India's veteran no.3 scored 90 & 102* against Bangladesh in the first Test in December and also completed 7000 runs in Test cricket. Pujara has scored 1893 runs at an impressive average of 54.08 against Australia in Tests so far.
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Suryakumar Yadav
IND | BAT
The star Indian batter is likely to make his Test debut in this fixture with Shreyas Iyer missing the match. Suryakumar has struggled in the recent ODIs and should be avoided for the Dream11 Team selection.
Lance Morris
AUS | BOWL
The 24-year-old pacer will be making his long-awaited debut in this match with Hazlewood and Starc ruled out with injuries. Morris enters this series with good success in BBL 2023 but is unlikely to produce wickets at Nagpur's surface.
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