Who will win Australia vs Pakistan 1st ODI match?
The 1st ODI match between Australia and Pakistan will be played on January 13, 2017. The match will be played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in Woolloongabba, Brisbane and the live action will begin at 13:20 local time.
Read ahead for our prediction of the 1st ODI between Australia and Pakistan on January 13, 2017.
Toss
The team that wins the toss is recommended to bat first, as the ground will support the batsmen more than the bowlers, which will make the chase a little difficult for the opponent team.
Australia Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Josh Hazlewood is being rested for the first ODI. George Bailey and Aaron Finch have been dropped from the squad, while uncapped players Chris Lynn and Billy Stanlake have been included.
Key Players
Captain Steve Smith has been leading the batting side in a brilliant form and was the top scorer in the test series. Scoring big runs should not be a problem at all for Australia, with in-form batsmen like David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, and Usman Khawaja. Billy Stanlake is expected to grab a few wickets in his first match. Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins bowled well in the test series and the Big Bash League respectively, and are likely to continue their form.
Recent Form
Australia have been playing very tightly as a team, with both batting and bowling departments giving in equal efforts to defeat the hosts. They've already won the 3-match test series that preceded the ODI series and are pumped up to keep winning.
Australia Predicted XI
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Steve Smith (c), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Chris Lynn, Billy Stanlake, Pat Cummins, James Faulkner, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh.
Pakistan Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Irfan Khan will not be playing the ODI, and Mohammad Hafeez has been included in the 16-man squad.
Key Players
Sarfraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, and Asad Shafiq scored decently in a weak batting side of Pakistan, in the test series. The batsmen will have to work really hard to match up to the Australian scorers to stay alive in this series. The bowlers too will have to bring their A game in order to give a tough competition to the Australian team and win a few games. Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, and Hasan Ali will be expected to take the major wickets against Australia to limit their score.
Recent Form
Pakistan clearly did not play up to the mark in the test series against Australia, where they lost all 3 games. The team will need to recover from the test results and raise their game for the ODIs.
Pakistan Predicted XI
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Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Imad Wasim, Mohammad Nawaz, Azhar Ali (c), Rahat Ali, Hasan Ali.
Australia vs Pakistan 1st ODI Head to Head
Australia and Pakistan played 3 test matches on this tour of Pakistan and Australia won all 3. Apart from that, both teams have played 19 ODIs against each other in the last 8 years, and Australia won 15 of them.
Australia vs Pakistan 1st ODI Betting Odds
Australia proved to be in a good form, from their performance in the test matches, and are likely to give a banging performance in the ODIs as well. Their odds to win the first ODI are 1.28 with 1xbet and 1.30 with bet365. Pakistan struggled against the hosts in the previous matches but are highly motivated to improve their game in this series, their odds to win being 3.50 with betfair and 3.75 with bet365.
Australia vs Pakistan 1st ODI Prediction
Australia have been the better team on this tour of Pakistan, and have proved it in the previous test series in which they made a clean sweep against the tourists. They've been utilising their players correctly and are likely to do well in this ODI as well. Pakistan, on the other hand, are not in their best form on this tour, and need to buck up to win the ODI series and give a tough time to the hosts.
Australia have been playing far better than Pakistan in both batting and bowling departments, and we predict them to win this match.
Jan 13, 2017
20:50 IST / 15:20 GMT
The Gabba - Brisbane, Australia
AUS vs PAK 1st ODI 
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