Will Aus bounce back at Sydney?

[Yoda-esque]

They will square the series

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[sandeep]

They will bounce back all right, right into the bitch-slap waiting for them from the Indian team.  

[gattaca]

Australia can come back only if India allow them. They make selection gaffes in important matches. The MCG squad was perfect. It had batting and bowling bases covered pretty well. If we can continue like that we should be fine. 

[gattaca]

On 12/30/2018 at 3:43 PM, zen said:

Unless the below is said to throw us off:

 

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/tim-paine-pitch-dry-spin-flat-australia-india-frustrated-mcg-sydney-test-series-highlights/2018-12-30

 

"Australia skipper Tim Paine expects India will be excited by the prospect of a dry SCG pitch for the fourth Test in Sydney, saying it's been a "frustration" that conditions so far in the Domain Test Series have at times played into the hands of the tourists."

Kohli is pretty excited about the fast bowlers he even mentioned that record in post match. So he will go with 4 bowlers. Ashwin is not fit any way. I doubt they will take chances with ashwin and I don’t think they try Kuldeep. So it will be Hardik in place of Rohit Sharma. This is the only to balance loss of a batsman. Hardik is better than bhuvi and ashwin in batting at least.

Edited December 31, 2018 by gattaca

[zen]

some unexpected picks in the 13 for the crucial game 

Edited January 2, 2019 by zen

[ShoonyaSifar]

Rahane, please step up. One test 100 in last 27 months is simply not good enough for the VC of the team. Average of 30 over 26 tests, which is pretty much half his career. Pathetic for someone with so much talent. Has to perform or this test has to be the end of his Test career.

 

Noted that his FC aveagevis now down to 50, at one stage it was 67 before playing for India.

[Vijy]

2 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Rahane, please step up. One test 100 in last 27 months is simply not good enough for the VC of the team. Average of 30 over 26 tests, which is pretty much half his career. Pathetic for someone with so much talent. Has to perform or this test has to be the end of his Test career.

 

Noted that his FC aveagevis now down to 50, at one stage it was 67 before playing for India.

many had an avg of close to 60 (although not 67) before playing for india. chepu, sir (in his early days), Rohit, vihari, shaw, etc. We will probably see gill added to this queue.

[Sandeep99]

If they win the toss,  yes