*Official* Australia in India 2023

[CricAddict]

Iyer declared fit for Delhi Test
Pujara to play his 100th Test at Delhi .

Hope Gill is in for Rahul too and that top order will look strong again..100th test for Pujara and he will be itching to do well..

That will leave Kohli as the only weak link in the team apart from Bharat.

 

[Senile Sentry]

If India wins this Test , IND-AUS WTC final is guaranteed unless India are slow on over rate in any of the Test matches .

No, they need to win more iirc.

 

[Sunil1z]

No, they need to win more iirc.

No . Check WTC prediction table on ICC website. Available on google search

 

[Senile Sentry]

Iyer declared fit for Delhi Test
Pujara to play his 100th Test at Delhi .

Seems Iyer got fast tracked than usual probably given the incumbent top order situation

 

[Victor Ian]

Sri Lanka can actually get up over Australia if it's a whitewash here and they win in NZ.

Haha. That is so ****ed. Australia going to get popped at the post again.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Green's batting is precisely what Australia don't need more of. Guy is a prime LB candidate for Jadeja and Axar's non-spinning sliders on these wickets with the way he plonks that giant leg forward.

 

[Daemon]

I don’t know much about Green v spin but according to the amazon doco he basically swept his way to a good score against SL because he doesn’t trust his defence. Not sure if he’ll find success but it’s worth a punt.

 

[Senile Sentry]

Waiting eagerly for Fox to comment on Chetan Sharma revelations

 

[Kirkut]

Bumrah to miss the entire series.

I'm afraid that he might end up as an unfulfilled potential like Bond and Bishop instead of a well deserved ATG status.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Worry not, he'll be back bowling polite floaters like Manoj Prabhakar.

 

[social]

Where are people getting this "green isn't fit" thing from? Nothing on Cricket.com.au or Cricinfo saying he's been ruled out and a recent article said he was batting in the nets and bowling near full tilt.

Finger isn’t 100%

He’s only batting against spin and fielding practice is with tennis balls

 

[Starfighter]

Haha. That is so ****ed. Australia going to get popped at the post again.

Blame Sydney, both the terribad weather, and the groundsman (who should be run over with his own roller).

 

[R!TTER]

Seems Iyer got fast tracked than usual probably given the incumbent top order situation

Maybe due to the Chetan Sharma "sting" effect

He’s only batting against spin and fielding practice is with tennis balls

He should start batting pacers by now, pretty sure Shami/Umesh/Siraj will target it if there's any doubt about his fingers!

 

[Spark]

To be fair you would have to be seriously unlucky/inept to get hit on the finger on these pitches.

 

[centurymaker]

Maybe due to the Chetan Sharma "sting" effect
He should start batting pacers by now, pretty sure Shami/Umesh/Siraj will target it if there's any doubt about his fingers!

Also Fielding/catching will be very difficult without the finger fully healed.

 

[Prince EWS]

To be fair you would have to be seriously unlucky/inept to get hit on the finger on these pitches.

Could cop one from a spinner out of the rough.

 

[centurymaker]

So the lineups are almost decided then-

Rohit
Rahul
Pujara
Kohli
Iyer
Jadeja
Ashwin
Bharat
Axar
Shami
Siraj

Warner
Khawaja
Labu
Smith
Head
Handscomb
Carey
Starc
Cummins
Lyon
Murphy

 

[Spark]

Could cop one from a spinner out of the rough.

Already batting against spin though

 

[Prince EWS]

Already batting against spin though

Yeah but if he cops one in the nets he can just not play the Test and be replaced by someone else. If he cops one during the match you're down a player.

Should probably be batting against pace in the nets by that logic too though.

 

[CricAddict]

So the lineups are almost decided then-

Rohit
Rahul
Pujara
Kohli
Iyer
Jadeja
Ashwin
Bharat
Axar
Shami
Siraj

Warner
Khawaja
Labu
Smith
Head
Handscomb
Carey
Starc
Cummins
Lyon
Murphy

Wish Gill came in for Rahul here.