Who will win Australia vs Pakistan 5th ODI?
The 5th ODI match between Australia and Pakistan will be played on January 26, 2017. The match will be played at the Adelaide Oval and the live action will begin at 13:50 local time.
Read ahead for our prediction of the Australia vs Pakistan 5th ODI.
Toss
The team that wins the toss is recommended to bat second, as the pitch will favour the bowlers more, so the chase is likely to be easier.
Australia Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Australia are not likely to make any changes to their current ODI team for the 5th and last ODI against Pakistan, and no players have been injured.
Key Players
Steve Smith has been the golden player for Australia in this series, and has scored the most runs for his team. David Warner, who scored a brilliant ton in the last ODI, along with Glenn Maxwell and Travis Head, are capable of putting up a big score on the board for Australia. The bowlers are also at par with the batsmen, and have taken a lot of wickets in the previous matches. Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc have been highly successful and are expected to lead.
Recent Form
Australia have performed very well in this series, and have won 3 out of the 4 ODIs they've played against Pakistan, and will most likely win the last one too.
Australia Predicted XI
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Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Steve Smith (c), Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa, Peter Handscomb.
Pakistan Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Pakistan are expected to continue with the same team for the last ODI against Australia, and no injuries have been reported.
Key Players
The Pakistani batting side has some good players like Mohammad Hafeez, Babar Azam, and Shoaib Malik who are capable of scoring good runs. Sharjeel Khan too has the potential to bat well and will be good for him if he scores well against a strong team like Australia. Hasan Ali has been on the top of his game in this series for Pakistan and will likely continue his form and try to take the major wickets early. Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim, and Junaid Khan are also in decent form and will be expected to bowl well.
Recent Form
Pakistan have not done so well on this tour. After losing the test series, they have lost the ODI series as well. They've managed to win just one ODI match and have not performed up to the mark against Australia.
Pakistan Predicted XI
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Mohammad Hafeez (c), Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Azhar Ali, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan.
Australia vs Pakistan Head to Head
Australia and Pakistan have played 4 out of 5 ODIs in this series till now, where Australia won 3 and Pakistan won just 1. Australia have also won the majority of the ODIs played over the last decade against Pakistan.
Australia vs Pakistan 5th ODI Betting Odds
Australia have played brilliantly against Pakistan and have been giving them a hard time, their odds to win this last match are 1.29 with 1xbet and 1.22 with bet365. Pakistan have been lost in struggle on this tour and are not likely to do any wonders in this match as well, their odds to win being 4.4 with betfair and 4.33 with bet365.
Australia vs Pakistan 5th ODI Prediction
Australia have overpowered Pakistan on their tour, in both test and ODI series, and will be playing to finish off with a win as well. Pakistan have played way below expectations by winning just one match in the whole tour, and would be good for them to win the last face off to leave the hosts with some dignity.
Australia have been playing well in both batting and bowling departments. So back Australia to win this match @ 1.29 with 1xbet and 1.22 with bet365
Jan 26, 2017
08:50 IST / 3:20 GMT
Adelaide Oval - Adelaide, Australia
Aus vs Pak 5th ODI 
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