India's predicted starting XI for ODI series against Australia

3) Virat Kohli (C)

Is an Indian playing XI even complete without Virat Kohli? India’s captain and arguably the greatest ODI batsman of all time, Kohli is all set to bat at 3 for India like he always does. All eyes would be on how he approaches the ODI series against Australia, a team against which he has had a lot of good memories in his career.

Kohli has a batting average of 59 at a strike rate of 93 and has scored a whopping 43 centuries in this format of the game. His record against Australia is prolific as the the number one ranked batsman averages 54 against them in ODIs and has slammed 8 centuries against the five time winning World Cup side.

The Indian skipper will be looking forward to this series and would hope to beat Australia just like how his team did the last time they were in Australia. India have a good ODI team this time as well and beating Australia shouldn’t be an impossible task for them. Indian fans would hope that Kohli has a good series with the bat himself as well.