INDIA vs AUSTRALIA 2012 Cricket Series Predictions

[Varenya]

India will play 4 tests, 2 t20s, and trianglular ODI series with australia and srilanka between 26th december 2011 - march 2012.


1   Mon, 26 - Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:00 AM IST   AUS vs IND   Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne   

2   Tue, 03 - Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:00 AM IST   AUS vs IND   Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney   

3   Fri, 13 - Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:00 AM IST   AUS vs IND   W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth   

4   Tue, 24 - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:30 AM IST   AUS vs IND   Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   

we already beat windies and nothing interesting left in that series.
hope zaheer comes back for aussies series and we\'ve to win this

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[SaSirEkha]

both indians and aussies are getting tired by playing excessive cricket before this series.
indians play windies till next month and aussies are already playing SA and then will play 2 tests with NZL next month

definitely both teams will get effected

[gauranggroups]

What is the urgency now for the predictions of India and Australia series?

Still we\'ve got a Test Match with West Indies and after that a 5 match ODI series is there. For Australia too, they\'re having a whole series in between. Let\'s wait for this series to be over yaar!

[chkasarma]

Can\'t wait for the Boxing day Cricket in MCG, Hope India will win this time:thumbup:

[gauranggroups]

Guys,

It\'s time to become active in this thread. One of the biggest series of this season is gonna start on 26 December, 2011. Just 3 days more. Start participating.. Start giving predictions..

Hope to see everyone active here..

[gauranggroups]

MS Dhoni (Capt & WK),
Virender Sehwag,
Gautam Gambhir,
Rahul Dravid,
Sachin Tendulkar,
VVS Laxman,
Virat Kohli,
Rohit Sharma,
Ravichandran Ashwin,
Praghyan Ojha,
Zaheer Khan,
Ishant Sharma,
Umesh Yadav,
Abhimanyu Mithun,
Vinay Kumar,
Ajinkya Rahane,
Wriddhiman Saha,
Ashok Dinda

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[gauranggroups]

Australia have announced the team for the 1st Test Match only. Here\'s the team..

Michael Clarke (capt),
Ed Cowan,
David Warner,
Shaun Marsh,
Ricky Ponting,
Michael Hussey,
Daniel Christian,
Brad Haddin,
Peter Siddle,
James Pattinson,
Ben Hilfenhaus,
Mitchell Starc,
Nathan Lyon

[gauranggroups]

India\'s batting is looking good as always. But it\'s the bowling which is making us worry a lot. It doesn\'t look strong enough to take 20 Australian wickets. If Varun Aaron and Praveen Kumar hadn\'t got injured and made to the team, our bowling unit would\'ve been much formidable.

Australian wickets will suit best to Ishant Sharma and Varun Aaron as they both are \"hit the deck\" type of bowlers. Praveen Kumar is a street smart bowler who can utilize the conditions very well. Hence we\'ll be missing both of them.

Ishant Sharma\'s fitness is worrying a bit. Zaheer is returning from the injury and yet to get his rythm back. So our pace bowling unit is left with Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Mithun and Dinda. Umesh Yadav is good. But others are lightning fast bowlers who can bowl at 160 kph. Australian under 16 bowlers will be much better than them.

Ashwin and Ojha are good bowlers, but will find hard to take wickets in Australian conditions. We can have little hope on Ashwin as he has got height to extract bounce and also he\'s a smart bowler who\'ll out-think the batsmen.

So my choice of 4 bowlers in the playing eleven will be Zaheer, Ishant, Umesh and Ashwin, provided Zaheer and Ishant are fit enough.  

[chkasarma]

I assume, traditionally, Adelaide and Sydney grounds favour spinners a bit. The weather may play a role on first day in MCG with (forecasted ) early morning showers then,  toss will play a key role as well.It will be interesting to see how Indian bowlers will trade off on green surface.I reckon, the 3rd or/and 4th day may favour spinners in MCG

Hope India will win...:thumbup:

[gauranggroups]

Yes, Sydney ground favors spinners a bit even though not fully. But Adelaide will support to very little. Other two grounds won\'t support even a bit.

Anil Kumble was the only Indian spinner of recent times who had enjoyed success in Australia. Hence we\'ll be missing him. Harbhajan Singh was a complete failure in Australia even when he was at his peak. In fact, he didn\'t thrive on any of the overseas trips. He succeeded only in Indian wickets. But he took few wickets in South Africa last time, which is a very rare thing for him.

Let\'s hope Ashwin and Ojha gets success there.