Australia Gears Up for a Tough Battle Against India in World Cup Final
The Australians will need to devise a solid strategy to defeat the in-form Indian side and win the 50-over World Cup for a record sixth time.
For Australia to win the 50-over World Cup for a sixth time, they will need a solid strategy to defeat the Men in Blue.
With eight straight wins under their belt, the Australians seem to be the only team capable of challenging and even outlasting this Indian side.
In addition, having faced the Rohit Sharma-led squad seven times this year in One-Day Internationals (ODIs), all in India, looks to be a plus for Pat Cummins and the rest of the team.
"We played one game in that series (late September), and we were defeated 2-1. However, we have played them a great deal. The bowler Josh Hazlewood said after Australia's three-wicket victory over South Africa in Thursday's semi-final at Eden Gardens, "We know them (India) inside and out and it's the same with them."
They are an excellent group. They check all the boxes and have strong quicks, good spinners, and decent hitters. They don't really have any disadvantages. I'm excited to play them on Sunday, so yes.
In their season opener in Chennai on October 8, Australia was the only team to really challenge India, bringing them down to 2/3 with barely 200 runs remaining. In that match, Hazlewood had dealt India a twin blow by getting rid of both Rohit and Shreyas Iyer in his first over.
When we faced them in Chennai and they were pursuing a little target, we saw a few fractures. I was fortunate enough to take a few wickets early," said Hazlewood.
Mitchell Starc celebrates after dismissing Aiden Markram at the Eden on Thursday.
For Australia to win the 50-over World Cup for a sixth time, they will need a solid strategy to defeat the Men in Blue.
With eight straight wins under their belt, the Australians seem to be the only team capable of challenging and even outlasting this Indian side.
In addition, having faced the Rohit Sharma-led squad seven times this year in One-Day Internationals (ODIs), all in India, looks to be a plus for Pat Cummins and the rest of the team.
"We played one game in that series (late September), and we were defeated 2-1. However, we have played them a great deal. The bowler Josh Hazlewood said after Australia's three-wicket victory over South Africa in Thursday's semi-final at Eden Gardens, "We know them (India) inside and out and it's the same with them."
They are an excellent group. They check all the boxes and have strong quicks, good spinners, and decent hitters. They don't really have any disadvantages. I'm excited to play them on Sunday, so yes.
In their season opener in Chennai on October 8, Australia was the only team to really challenge India, bringing them down to 2/3 with barely 200 runs remaining. In that match, Hazlewood had dealt India a twin blow by getting rid of both Rohit and Shreyas Iyer in his first over.
When we faced them in Chennai and they were pursuing a little target, we saw a few fractures. I was fortunate enough to take a few wickets early," said Hazlewood.
After dismissing Aiden Markram at the Eden on Thursday, Mitchell Starc celebrates.
After dismissing Aiden Markram at the Eden on Thursday, Mitchell Starc celebrates.
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The Ahmedabad surface is favourable to batting, and the Australian quicks will probably not get the same type of support from the cloudy circumstances at the Eden on Thursday.
Given the outstanding form of skipper Rohit and the rest of the Indian top order, Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, and Cummins have a difficult assignment ahead of them.
It all comes down to continuing the trio's current course of action without attempting to take any new ones. The former Australia bowler Shaun Tait, who now plays for the West Indies 'A' in Johannesburg, told The Telegraph on Friday that the emphasis should be on hitting inside the first five overs.
After that, should the emphasis be on bowling beyond the off-stump or on that channel to stop players like Virat Kohli, Rohit, and Shreyas Iyer?
"That may be Josh's ruse. Although Tait played for Australia in three Tests, thirty-five ODIs, and twenty-one T20Is, he said, "Starc will target the stumps on the lookout for wickets and if he can swing one in to Rohit in the process, it can't get any better for Australia."
Australians are sure they can adjust to Motera's circumstances. The allure of having so many distinct locations inside a single nation is that they vary somewhat from east to west and from north to south.
We saw today (Thursday) that it really spun and for us, and you have to adjust your bowling and batting to such circumstances," Hazlewood said. "We played England in Ahmedabad, and the surface was decent without being a pure flat track." We anticipate a similar outcome.
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