Having beaten the Australian team by 295 runs in Perth, Team India are looking to win the day night test in Adelaide and take 2-0 lead in the five match series.
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Get the exciting match between AUS vs IND Fantasy 11 Prediction, Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For 2nd Test, India tour of Australia. Eleven days after Team India took a 1-0 lead in the historic Border Gavaskar Trophy showdown with an impressive 295-run victory in the series-opening Test match at Optus Stadium in Perth, Rohit Sharma and his men will take the field for the second Test match, slated to take place from December 6 at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.
Pat Cummins and his men, aiming to win the title after a gap of 10 years, need a win, as a 2-0 defeat will leave Australia with an uphill task to win the series. In addition, the defending WTC champions have slipped to the third spot after South Africa thwarted Sri Lanka in the series-opening Test match. On the other hand, for India, this game is set to be a golden opportunity to double their lead and inch closer to marking a historic hat-trick of the series win on Australian soil.
Coming to the team dynamics, Team India is set to make two changes in their playing XI for this Test match as skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will be returning to the playing XI with Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel likely to make their way. In contrast, Australia is expected to make one change, with injured Josh Hazlewood set to make way for Scott Boland.
Match Information- AUS vs IND Fantasy 11 Prediction
Probable PlayingXI
Australia
TM Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, MR Marsh, NA McSweeney, AT Carey, Pat Cummins(C), SM Boland, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc
Bench: JP Inglis, Josh Hazlewood, BJ Webster
India
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(C), Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, K Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Rishabh Pant, JJ Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, H Rana
Bench: DC Jurel, AR Easwaran, SN Khan, Ravichandran Ashwin, RA Jadeja, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, NA Saini, KK Ahmed, Devdutt Padikkal, Yash Dayal
Injury News
Weather Report- Rain might take part in series
Win Prediction- Australia
Pitch Condition- Balanced
Avg 1st Inning Score- 280
Pitch Report
Captains- 8.5
Pat Cummins AUS | bowl
Australia’s skipper Pat Cummins can be your captaincy pick considering his form with ball in the ongoing series. The defending WTC champions have slipped to the third spot in the WTC standings and he will be looking to thwart the visitors in the Adelaide Test match to place at the top two spot. The right-arm pacer posses the ability to single-handedly crush Team India batting unit and he will be leaving no stone unturned in doing that. The 31-year-old cricketer will be showcasing his form in this Test match as his side needs a desperate win to be in the contention for 2025 WTC Finals.
Yashasvi Jaiswal IND | bat
The 22-year-old cricketer has made 161 runs in the series opening Test match and posed big threat to Aussie bowlers. The left-handed batter will again be looking to step up in the Adelaide Test match to help Team India taking 2-0 lead against the strong home team. The young batter’s great start in this Test match can boost Team India’s innings. In addition, Jaiswal will be one of the players to watch out for in Adelaide. Jaiswal was the match winner during India vs England Test series and this time also he will be looking to pose big threat to defending WTC champions
Jasprit Bumrah IND | bowl
Team India’s vice captain Jasprit Bumrah has picked up 8 wickets in the series opening Test match in Perth. The right-arm pacer posed big threat in the first innings of the first Test match and demolished Aussies batting unit. The star seamer, who was Player of the Match in the first Test, aims to continue his great form in this Test match to help India taking lead alongside maintaining top spot in the WTC standings.
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Josh Hazlewood- AUS | BOWL- 8.5
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