ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Predictions: AUS vs IND Predictions

Match 14 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 pits the Indian cricket team against defending champions, Australia. The 5-time World champions have been very dominant, winning all three of their matches. India, on the other hand, will be heading into their 2nd match.

Team News

In this match, pace is the name of the game, and Aaron Finch will be hoping that the ODI series meeting is a sign of things to come. However, the men in Blue will not be so easy to shake this time.

Predicted Playing 11

India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey, Marcus Stoinis, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa

Weather and pitch report

Two of the three games at the Kennington Oval have witnessed scores of over 300. As mentioned before, seam bowling holds the key in this match. Also, the surface for Sunday’s match wears a worn look, along with slight grass covering.

H2H record

The two teams have met on 11 occasions and Australia have the better track record, winning 8 encounters. They also lead in the highest score score tally with a score of 359 to India’s 289. In addition to that, they lead the lowest score tally, with 128 to 125.

Wicketkeeper

In the Dream 11 team for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a prime candidate. MS Dhoni has scored a total of 34 runs in his one solitary World Cup match, at a strike rate of 73.91.

Batsmen

Five batsmen find themselves on this Dream 11 team for this ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match. Virat Kohli, Shikar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul represent the Men in Blue. Meanwhile David Warner is the sole representative for Australia.

Virat Kohli has notched up 18 runs at a strike rate of 52.94. Teammate, Rohit Sharma has smashed an unbeaten 122* at a strike rate of 84.72. KL Rahul chalked up 26 runs at a strike rate of 61.90 while Shikhar Dhawan could only muster 8 runs at a strike rate of 66.66

On the other side of the fence, David Warner has picked up 92 runs with a high score of 89* at a strike rate of 75.40.

All rounders

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 AUS vs IND Dream 11 team also consists of two all-rounders, namely Marcus Stoinis and Hardik Pandya.

Marcus Stoinis has picked up 19 runs at a strike rate of 82.60 and 2 wickets at an economy of 5.00. Hardik Pandya on the other hand, has 15 runs at a strike rate of 214.28 with no wickets at an economy of 5.16.

Bowlers

The ES ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Dream 11 team consists of a trio of bowlers, namely Nathan Coulter-Nile and Mitchell Starc for Australia, and Yuzvendra Chahal for the Indian team.

So far, Nathan Coulter-Nile has picked up no wickets at an economy of 5.83. His teammate Mitchell Starc has amassed 6 wickets at an economy of 4.52, including a fifer. India’s Yuzvendra Chahal has picked up 4 wickets at an economy of 5.10 from one match.

Captain and vice captain

Virat Kohli and Aaron Finch lead India and Australia respectively in this ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match. Both players seek glory for their respective teams on the back of wins.

However, for ES’ ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Dream 11 team, Shikhar Dhawan is chosen to lead, while David Warner will be handed vice-captain duties.