INDIA VS AUSTRALIA HEAD TO HEAD TEST:
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED : 100
MATCHES WON BY INDIA : 29
MATCHES WON BY AUSTRALIA : 43
DRAWN : 27
TIED : 1
Pitch Report:
VENUE : SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND , SYDNEY
Traditionally this wicket is known for its spinner friendly nature however this wicket is completely different as per pitch curator. He said wicket is hard and have lot of grass on it so pace bowlers will get assistance in the initial overs while Batsmen should feel ease as the day passes on.
Average first inning score:
458 (Last 5 Test Matches on this venue)
INDIA TEAM PREVIEW:
Indian team have declared their playing11. Maynk Agarwal is dropped for inclusion of Rohit Sharma while Navdeep Saini will replace injured Umesh Yadav and is set to make his debut.
India Playing 11 :
Rohit Sharma , Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Navdeep Singh Saini
TEST PERFORMANCES:
1ST TEST 2ND TEST
Shubman Gill : 45 + 35
Mayank Agarwal : 17 + 9 0 + 5
Cheteshwar Pujara : 43 + 0 17 + 3
Ajinkya Rahane : 42 + 0 112 + 27
Hanuma Vihari : 16 +8 21
Rishabh Pant : 29
R Jadeja 57 / 15/1 + 28/2
R Ashwin : 55/4 +16/1 35/3 + 71/2
Jasprit Bumrah : 52/2 + 27/0 56/4 + 54/2
Mohammad Siraj : 40/2 + 37/3
PLAYERS TEST MATCH STATS AND H2H, VENUE STATS :
Shubman Gill : (RHB)
TEST : 2 ING , 80 R, 80 A
H2H : 2 ING ,80 R, 80 A
VENUE : NOT PLAYED
Mayank Agarwal : (RHB)
TEST : 21 ING, 1005 R, 47.9 A
H2H : 7 ING, 226 R, 32.3 A
VENUE : 1 ING , 77 R, 77 A
Rohit Sharma : (RHB, Averaging 92 as opener)
TEST : 53 ING, 2141 R, 46.5 A
H2H : 10 ING, 279 R, 31 A
VENUE : 2 ING, 92 R, 46 A
Cheteshwar Pujara : (RHB)
TEST : 132 ING, 5903 R, 47.6 A
H2H : 33 ING, 1685 R, 54.4 A
VENUE : 1 ING, 193 R, 193 A
Ajinkya Rahane : (RHB)
TEST : 113 ING, 4384 R, 43.4 A
H2H : 28 ING, 1003 R, 40.1 A
VENUE : 3 ING, 69 R, 34.5 A
Ravindra Jadeja : (LHB, LAO)
TEST : 96 ING, 216 W + 1926 R
H2H : 21 ING, 59 W + 359 R
VENUE : 1 ING, 2 W + 81 R
Rishabh Pant : (WK, LHB)
TEST : 23 ING, 843 R, 38.3 A
H2H : 8 ING, 379 R, 54.1 A
VENUE : 1 ING, 159 R, – A
Mohammed Siraj : (RMF)
TEST : 2 ING, 5 W, 15.4 A
H2H : 2 ING , 5 W, 15.4 A
VENUE : NOT PLAYED
Jasprit Bumrah : ( RAF)
TEST : 32 ING, 76 W, 20.7 A
H2H : 12 ING, 29 W, 18.8 A
VENUE : 2 ING, 1 W, 64 A
Ravi Ashwin : (RAO)
TEST : 136 ING, 375 W, 25.2 A
H2H : 32 ING, 87 W, 30.3 A
VENUE : 3 ING, 5 W, 80.8 A
Shardul Thakur : (RMF)
TEST : 1 ING, 0 W, 0 A
H2H : NOT PLAYED
VENUE : NOT PLAYED
T Natarajan : (LMF)
TEST : DEBUT
Australia Team Preview:
Joe Burns dropped, the Aussies could welcome David Warner and Will Pucovski.
Australia Probable 11 :
David Warner, Will Pucovski, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade, C Green, Tim Paine (C&WK), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood
TEST SERIES PERFORMANCES:
1ST TEST 2ND TEST
Matt Wade : 8 + 33, 30 + 40
Steve Smith : 1 + 1*, 0 + 8
M Labuschagne : 47 + 6 48 + 28
Travis Head : 7 38 + 17
Cameron Green : 11 12 + 45
Tim Paine : 73 13 + 1
Pat Cummins : 48/3 + 21/4 80/2 + 22/1
Nathan Lyon : 68/1 72/3 + 20/1
Mitchell Starc : 53/4 + 7/0 78/3 + 5/0
Josh Hazlewood : 47/1 + 8/5 47/1 + 14/0
Player TEST and H2H STATS :
David Warner : (LHB)
TEST : 155 ING, 7244 R, 48.9 A
H2H : 30 ING, 1081 R, 36 A
VENUE : 13 ING, 732 R, 66.5 A
Steve Smith : (RHB)
TEST : 135 ING, 7237 R, 61.3 A
H2H : 24 ING, 1439 R , 72 A
VENUE : 10 ING, 611 R, 67.9 A
Marnus Labuschagne : (RHB, RAL)
TEST : 27 ING, 1588 R, 58.8 A + 12 W
H2H : 5 ING, 167 R , 33.4 A
VENUE : 3 ING, 312 R, 104 A
Travis Head : (LHB)
TEST : 31 ING, 1153 R, 39.8 A
H2H : 10 ING, 299 R, 29.9 A
VENUE : 2 ING, 30 R, 15 A
Mathew Wade : (LHB)
TEST : 59 ING, 1551 R, 31 A
H2H : 18 ING, 420 R, 26.2 A
VENUE : 4 ING, 162 R, 54 A
Tim Paine : (RHB)
TEST : 53 ING, 1417 R, 32.2 A
H2H : 14 M , 444 R, 34.2 A
VENUE : 3 ING, 78 R, 39 A
Mitchell Starc : (LAF)
TEST : 113 ING , 252 W, 26.7 A
H2H : 24 ING, 39 W, 32.8 A
VENUE : 11 ING, 19 W, 37.8 A
Pat Cummins : (RAF)
TEST : 61 ING, 153 W, 21.5 A
H2H : 14 ING, 32 W, 25.1 A
VENUE : 5 ING, 12 W, 24.4 A
Nathan Lyon : (RAO)
TEST : 187 ING, 394 W, 31.6 A
H2H : 37 ING, 89 W, 32.8 A
VENUE : 16 ING, 36 W, 37.6 A
Josh Hazlewood : (RMF )
TEST : 99 ING, 202 W, 25.9 A
H2H : 24 ING, 41 W, 28.3 A
VENUE : 8 ING, 16 W, 27.1 A
Cameron Green : (RHB,RMF)
TEST : 3 ING , 68 R , 22.7 A
H2H : 3 ING, 68 R, 22.7 A
VENUE : NOT PLAYED
Will Pucovski : (RHB, Scored 2 double century in the last 2 domestic matches)
DEBUT