Who will win India vs Australia 3rd Test?
India welcome Australia to Bangalore for the third test match of the four-match series, with the battle for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy locked at 1-1. Scheduled to start on March 16, the live action begins at 09:30 local time each day.
India vs Australia 3rd Test: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: SkySports 2, Star Sports 1, Star Sports 3
Live streaming: Hotstar
Toss Prediction
The low, slow, bone dry pitch at Ranchi for the first ever test match at the venue means the toss has taken on added importance. Whoever wins it will bat first, as both sides have already proved in the previous two matches in this series.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for India vs Australia 3rd test match.
India Team News & Playing 11
Team News
India made two changes for the second test, bringing in Abhinav Mukund and Karun Nair for Murali Vijay and Jayant Yadav, but Vijay is expected to return from a shoulder injury for the third test. Uncapped Hardik Pandya has been released from the squad due to a shoulder injury, while Rohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami are yet to prove their fitness and remain out of the squad.
Key Players
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s match-winning six-wicket haul in the fourth innings of the second test took him to 15 wickets in the series so far, while slow-left-arm bowler Ravindra Jadeja – who took a six-for in the first innings in Bengaluru – is expected to get plenty of help from the slow, low, bone-dry Ranchi pitch. India have struggled with the bat so far in this series, but KL Rahul’s hit 90 and 51 in the second test to take him to take him to the top of the batting charts for the series with 215 runs at an average of 53.75.
Recent Form
India went into this test series in stunning form, having not lost in 19 test matches and won series against Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, West Indies and South Africa in that time. Defeat to Australia in the opening test of this series brought that run to a shuddering halt, but victory in Bengaluru leaves them on course to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
India Predicted Playing 11
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Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma
Australia Team News & Playing 11
Team News
All-rounder Mitchell Marsh, who suffered a shoulder injury in Bengaluru, and pace bowler Mitchell Starc, who has a foot injury, have both been ruled out for the rest of the series. Marcus Stoinis and Pat Cummins have been flown in as replacements with Cummins set to play just his second test – five years after being named man-of-the-match on his debut. Stoinis faces competition from Usman Khawaja and Glenn Maxwell to replace Marsh in the number-six spot. Nathan Lyon cut his spinning finger in the second test but is expected to recover.
Key Players
Australia’s spin duo Steve O’Keefe and Nathan Lyon have taken 28 wickets between them so far in this series, with the former claiming match figures of 12/70 in the first test and the latter taking 8/50 in the first innings of the second test. Captain Steve Smith is the only batsman, from either side, to hit a century so far in this series but can expect a hostile reception in Ranchi after his perceived unsporting behaviour related to his use of DRS in Bengaluru.
Recent Form
Defeat in Bengaluru ended a run of five consecutive test match wins for Australia but victory in Pakistan around the turn of the year is their only recent test series win – South Africa and Sri Lanka having put the Aussies to the sword before that.
Australia Predicted Playing 11
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David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Steve Smith, Peter Handscomb, Matt Renshaw, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, Pat Cummins, Steve O’Keefe, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
India: W L W W W
Australia: L W W W W
India vs Australia Head to Head
India have won ten of their past 13 test matches at home to Australia, with the tourists’ victory in the first test actually their first on Indian soil since 2004. Ranchi is hosting its first ever test match, but the two teams have met there once before in an ODI – though rain curtailed that match early in the second innings.
India vs Australia 3rd Test Betting Odds
India are big favourites for the third test match despite their batsmen having struggled so far in this series. A favourable pitch at Ranchi means you can back them for a best price of 1.62 with Betway, while Betfair and Bet365 offer 1.57. Australia are as high as 4.33 with betway (4 with Bet365, 3.8 with Betfair), while bet365 are offering a best price of 5.75 for the draw – high odds reflecting the likelihood the game will fail to last the five days. On that note, you can get odds of 3.09 on the 1xbet Exchange that the match will end within three days.
India vs Australia 3rd Test Prediction
The hosts have used their home advantage to prepare a pitch likely to null much of Australia’s bowling threat, and as a result – should the likes of Jadeja and Ashwin star with the ball – India can take a 2-1 lead in the series with victory in Ranchi
Final Verdict: Back India to beat Australia in the third test match at 1.62 with betway and 1.57 with 1xbet and bet365 .
Mar 16, 2017
09:30 IST / 4:00 GMT
JSCA Intl Stadium Complex - Ranchi, India
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