‘Are yeh to Rawalpindi se zyada flat wicket hai’ – Fans react as image of pitch for first ODI between India and Australia goes viral

The wicket for the first ODI between India and Australia has been revealed. It looks quite flat and clear of any grass. Ahead of the three-match series between both teams, first-choice players for the home side have been rested for the first two games. Meanwhile, talking about the ground, it is decently big ground, especially the square boundaries.

Talking about the visiting side, they will play with their first-choice players. They are coming off a 2-3 loss to South Africa with a second-string side. On the other hand, Men In Blue is coming off Asia Cup 2023 win. However, in the last ODI between two teams at this ground, Australia managed to chase down 358 runs. In 2013, James Faulkner hit 30 runs against Ishant Sharma.

India (possible): 1 Ishan Kishan, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 KL Rahul (capt, wk), 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Washington Sundar, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Mohammed Shami, 10 Mohammed Siraj/Shardul Thakur, 11 Jasprit Bumrah.

Australia (possible): 1 David Warner, 2 Mitchell Marsh, 3 Steven Smith, 4 Marnus Labuschagne, 5 Alex Carey (wk), 6 Cameron Green, 7 Marcus Stoinis, 8 Pat Cummins (capt), 9 Spencer Johnson/Tanveer Sangha, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Josh Hazlewood.

India’s squad for first two ODIs vs Australia: 

KL Rahul (c), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Tilak Varma, Prasidh Krishna, R Ashwin, Washington Sundar

India’s Squad for Third ODI vs Australia: 

Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Washington Sundar, R. Ashwin

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