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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Updated - 23 Nov 2024, 04:15 IST

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Preview

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

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

Mist

16.0°C

94% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

India

W
W
L
W
W

Australia

NR
NR
NR
T
W

Players Stats in current Series

1

Usman Khawaja

AUS - bat

333 Runs

4 Matches

2

Virat Kohli

IND - bat

297 Runs

4 Matches

3

Axar Patel

IND - all

264 Runs

4 Matches

244 Runs

4 Matches

5

Rohit Sharma

IND - bat

242 Runs

4 Matches

6

Travis Head

AUS - bat

235 Runs

3 Matches

1

Umesh Yadav

IND - bowl

113.33

2 Matches

2

Alex Carey

AUS - wk

86.15

4 Matches

3

Shreyas Iyer

IND - bat

77.78

3 Matches

4

Travis Head

AUS - bat

68.71

3 Matches

5

Mohammed Shami

IND - bowl

67.24

3 Matches

6

Cameron Green

AUS - all

59.47

2 Matches

25 Wkts

4 Matches

2

22 Wkts

4 Matches

3

Nathan Lyon

AUS - bowl

22 Wkts

4 Matches

4

Todd Murphy

AUS - bowl

14 Wkts

4 Matches

5

Mohammed Shami

IND - bowl

9 Wkts

3 Matches

9 Wkts

3 Matches

1

Axar Patel

IND - all

2.16

4 Matches

2

2.57

4 Matches

3

Todd Murphy

AUS - bowl

2.57

4 Matches

2.59

4 Matches

5

Nathan Lyon

AUS - bowl

2.59

4 Matches

6

Mohammed Siraj

IND - bowl

3.04

3 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

Cameron Green, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood are ruled out for this fixture.

Pitch Report

The pitch at Nagpur's Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground offers a batting-friendly surface in red-ball cricket. But according to the latest report, the venue curator has prepared a spin-friendly surface for this fixture so it will be wise to pick spin bowlers over pacers for the Dream11 Team.

337

Average Score

Player Picks

9
VC

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.

9
C

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.

8.5
C

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.

9

Ravichandran Ashwin IND | ALL

Nagpur's pitch is supposed to be helpful for the spin bowlers and Ashwin is likely to bag maximum wickets. He took seven wickets from two innings against Bangladesh in the last Test series and has taken 89 wickets from just 18 Tests against Australia so far.

8.5

Travis Head AUS | BAT

The in-form batting all-rounder has cemented his place in the no.5 position in Australia's Test team with consistently impressive performances lately. He scored three half-centuries from just four innings against South Africa in the last Test series.

9

Virat Kohli IND | BAT

The former Indian captain ended his century drought lately with four white-ball hundreds in the last few months. Kohli will be looking to carry his red-hot form in Tests as well and have impressive numbers against Australia in Tests.

9

Usman Khawaja AUS | BAT

The veteran Australian opener scored 195* against South Africa in Australia's last Test match and enter this tournament after impressive performances in the Big Bash League 2023.

8

Mohammed Siraj IND | BOWL

The star Indian pacer has been in red-hot form in white-ball cricket having recently achieved the no.1 bowler's ranking in ODIs. Siraj has taken 13 wickets from three Tests against Australia so far and costs only 8.0 credits on the Dream11 Team.

8

Axar Patel IND | ALL

The spin all-rounder took eight wickets from two Tests against Bangladesh in India's last Test series and contributed 52 runs as well. Axar has taken 47 wickets from just eight Tests and costs only 8.0 credits on the Dream11 Team.

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9

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.

6.5

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.

Last Updated On - Nov 22 2024 4:15 AM

Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

6 : 5

AUS

Credits Left
6/100

Head To Head
Alex Carey

7

Cheteshwar Pujara
C

8.5

Virat Kohli

9

Steve Smith
VC

9

Marnus Labuschagne

9

Ravichandran Ashwin

9

Axar Patel

8

Ravindra Jadeja

9

Travis Head

8.5

Mohammed Siraj

8

Nathan Lyon

9

Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

5 : 6

AUS

Credits Left
7/100

Grand League
Alex Carey

7

Rohit Sharma

8.5

Virat Kohli

9

Steve Smith
C

9

Marnus Labuschagne

9

Ravichandran Ashwin
VC

9

Ravindra Jadeja

9

Ashton Agar

6.5

Mohammed Shami

8.5

Pat Cummins

8.5

Nathan Lyon

9

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