The 1st ODI between India and Australia will begin in Vadodara on Sunday the 25th of October 2009.
Match start time is 0900 local time (03.30GMT).
Australia looks to me as the favorites to win the 7 ODI series because of their current form and also not to forget that they have just won the ICC Champions trophy 2009 in south Africa which is a 50 over format.
India on the other hand is still suffering from injuries with Yuvraaj Singh missing the 1st ODI. And the latest in the list is the captain himself, reportedly during a practice session Dhoni got injured on a Munaf Patel delivery.
"I should be alright tomorrow," Dhoni said. "But have to wait and see how it feels in the morning."
Eight ODI's have been played in Vadodara.
India has played seven of those, winning five. Australia has played only once, beating India.
Pitch and conditions The Vadodara pitch is expected to be a good batting track. But since the match is a day one and the early start at 900 am it will tempt a team to field first. The last 5 matches in this stadium have been won by the teams batting second.
The Probable teams are as follows:
India: 1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 5 Suresh Raina, 6 Virat Kohli, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Ishant Sharma/Amit Mishra, 10 Praveen Kumar, 11 Munaf Patel
Australia 1 Shane Watson, 2 Tim Paine (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Shaun Marsh, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Cameron White, 7 James Hopes, 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz 10 Brett Lee, 11 Doug Bollinger.
Quotes
"Of course we are hit by injuries but this series is a long series and this gives you an opportunity to come back into the series if you lose the first few games. It is a seven-match series so you have ample time in between because the span of the series is quite long. So it is important to play good cricket throughout because it is not like a five-game or a four-game series where you win the first few games and the tournament is in your hands." MS Dhoni tries to look at the positives
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