150% up to ₹40,000 IPL Special
CLAIM NOWToss Winner - India won the toss and chose to bat first
Australia beat India by 9 wickets
India eyeing WTC Final spot against Australia at Indore
We predict that India will defeat Australia.
Tournament: Australia tour of India, 2023 | Format: TEST | Venue: Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, India | Toss: To Bat
Bet NowFind out which is the best online casino in India today! TheTopBookies casino experts have gathered a full list of Indian casinos, reviewed in detail.
After an unusual gap of 10 days between the series, India and Australia will be playing the third test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023 at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, from 1st March. The match is scheduled for 9:30 am. India have retained the Border Gavaskar Trophy for the third time in a row by beating Australia in the second test. With the 6-wicket win at Delhi, India have a 2-0 lead in the series.
Australia scored 263 runs in the first innings of the test after opener Usman Khwaja (81) and Middle-order batter Peter Handscomb (72) posted half-centuires on the board. Mohammed Shami took 4 wickets for 60, and spinners Jadeja and Ashwin took 3 wickets each. Australia showed some intent for the first time in this series by taking 7 Indian wickets on 139. Nathan Lyon picked up a five-for-67. But Axar Patel and Ashwin took the wind towards India with a 114 runs partnership for the 8th wicket. Axar scored only fifty from the Indian side to score 262.
With just 1 run lead, Australia returned with Travis Head as a concussion substitute for Warner. No other batter scored a two-digit figure except for Head (43) and Labuschagne (35). This time it was Ravindra Jadeja who took 7 wickets. India chased the target with 4 wickets down to register their third consecutive test win against Australia. Jadeja was awarded the Man of the Match trophy for his 10 wickets and 26 runs.
Besides the third consecutive win, India retained the Border Gavaskar Trophy for the third time. India is now unbeaten in 5 test series against Australia at Home. It’s been 18 years since Australia has won a test series here.
Australia will play without David Warner and skipper Pat Cummins in the third test. Warner suffered an elbow fracture in the first innings. He is ruled out of the series. On the other hand, Cummins has taken leave due to a family emergency. Cameroon Green and Mitchell Starc are finally available for selection.
There is a lot of buzz over the inclusion of KL Rahul in the squad. Rahul has scored 175 runs in the last 11 innings at an average below 16. But Rohit Sharma will keep on trusting Rahul over Gill to open the innings with him. Sharma is the leading run-scorer of the series with 183 runs. Though he hasn’t performed well in the two tests played at Inore, he averages 71.96 in India with 8 centuries and 6 half-centuries.
Cheteshwar Pujara will be playing with Virat Kohli in number third position. Pujara played his 100th test at Delhi and remained not out for 31 in the second innings. He has scored a century, and a half-century in 3 innings played at Indore. Though the stars are not with Virat Kohli after the way he was given out in the first innings, he has scored a double-century at this venue. With an average of 76, he is our choice for the top batter in the third test.
India currently has the deadliest all-rounder trio in the playing eleven. Ravindra Jadeja ( World Rank 1), Ravi Ashwin (World Rank 2 - bowler as well as an all-rounder), and Axar Patel (World Rank 5) have given a headache to Australia with both bat and ball. While Ashwin (17) and Jadeja (14) have taken 31 wickets in the first two tests, Patel has produced match-winning half-centuries in both. Patel is the second-leading run-scorer with 158 runs. Ashwin now has 103 wickets against Australia in 20 tests. Besides this, he averages 12.5 at Indore with 18 wickets in 2 tests. He is our choice for the top bowler.
Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj will lead the pace attack for India. Since 2017, every Indian bowler in the current squad has averaged below 20 in the tests at home. The pacers will be equally important in the third test. Since 2017, Indian pacers have taken 180 wickets compared to 317 taken by the spinners. But the strike rate is better for Shami on the top gear.
Key Players: Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja.
KS Bharath (wk), KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami.
Mohammed Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Umesh Yadav, Axar Patel
Things have been getting tougher for the Australian side. They will be without Warner and Cummins for the third test. Thank god they have Mitchell Starc and Cameroon Green to take their place. Head will probably open with Khwaja. Khwaja scored 81 runs in the first innings of the second test. Marnus Labuschagne will be our choice for the top batter from the Aussie side. Though Labuschagne hasn’t scored a lot in the first two tests, he has been consistent with 119 runs - most by an Australian batter.
Steve Smith, Peter Handscomb, and Alex Carrey will play in the middle order with Green. Smith has been got out three times against Ashwin. But his average is still 60 in India, which makes him one of the guys to look out for. Handscomb and Carrey must keep their wickets, as no one can bat long below them. Cameroon Green will return after breaking his thumb in the earlier test series. There is one thing that Aussies need to keep in mind. Stop playing sweep shots as 5 of them got bowled trying to sweep Jadeja.
Australia tried 3 spinners and one pacer combination in the last game. Stand-in skipper Steve Smith will probably opt for the same, seeing 13 out of 14 Indian wickets were taken by the spinners. Nathan Lyon has 102 wickets against India in 24 tests, out of which 49 have come in India in 9 tests. No doubt he will be leading the pack. Starc will need help from Green to bowl those extra overs.
Key Players: Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Nathan Lyon
Travis Head Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Cameroon Green, Matt Renshaw, Alex Carey (wk), Tod Murphy, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc.
Marnus Labuschagne, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Starc, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey, Nathan Lyon, Steven Smith, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Todd Murphy, Travis Head
The weather will be mostly sunny. The temperature will range between 18 and 33°C. The wind will be flowing from the west at 9-15 kmh. The pitch favors batters in the first two innings. The bounce is even for pacers. The shorter boundaries make it easier to score runs.
The 3rd Test will be played at Holkar International Stadium, Indore, on March 1st from 9:30 am. The venue holds a capacity of 30000 spectators and has hosted 2 Tests, 6 ODIs & 3 T20Is so far. Virender Sehwag has scored his ODI double hundred at this venue. Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane have the highest runs for a partnership at this ground. The duo added 365 runs for the fifth wicket against New Zealand.
In all 2 Tests, the result is shared 1 each between the team batting first and the team batting second. In ODIs and T20Is team has often defended targets. The team winning the toss should bat first.
Team India is high on confidence with back-to-back wins against Australia. They have already had their hands on the Border Gavaskar Trophy, and now their ultimate aim will be to qualify for the WTC Final comfortably. India has 4 wins, and 1 draw in the last 5 tests played against Australia. They haven’t lost a Test at home for the last 2 years. Indian bowlers have claimed all 40 wickets of Australian batters. And they have had an average below 20 at home since 2017.
We predict that India will defeat Australia.
10CRIC
150% up to ₹40,000 IPL Special