India vs Australia 1st ODI at Melbourne (Commonwealth Bank Series)

February 5th, 2012

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Today 5th February is first match of tri one day series of India vs Australia (Commonwealth Bank Series)

One Day Match will be start at local Time 02:20 PM, This will be Day/Night match at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

In head to head records, both teams played more than 100 matches together.

Australia played 105 matches and won 61 matches, otherside India won 36 only

Home Grounds:

India won 18 matches
Australia won 26 matches

Away Grounds:

India won 9 matches
Australia won 23 matches

Key Players of all time is:

Batsman:

Ricky Ponting
Sachin Tendulkar

Bowler:

Brett Lee
Harbhajan Singh

Key Player of today match will be:

Virat Kohli (Highest-ranked Batsman), Virat Kohli is at no. 3 in the world
Sachin Tendulkar (Looking for his 100th Hundred in this match)

Live Streaming available in Australia on National Channel 9

Australia squad
MJ Clarke (Captain), MS Wade (Wicket Keeper), RJ Harris, DJ Hussey, DT Christian, XJ Doherty, PJ Forrest, MEK Hussey, B Lee, RT Ponting, MA Starc, DA Warner, CJ McKay, MR Marsh

India squad

MS Dhoni (Captain), PA Patel (Wicket Keeper), R Ashwin, MK Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, U Yadav, V Kohli, P Kumar, IK Pathan, SK Raina, V Sehwag, R Sharma, RG Sharma, SR Tendulkar, G Gambhir, RA Jadeja, Z Khan

Weather of the match will be Fairy/Windy with (27-29 degree). So chances of Heavy Rain

Prediction of the Match:

Home Team is favourite team at the moment.

So, Australia have 80% chances to won 1st ODI against Australia

Commonwealth Bank Series ODI Schedule is as follows:

All ODI’s are Day/Night Matches

5th February Australia v India MCG
8th February India v Sri Lanka WACA Ground
10th February Australia v Sri Lanka WACA Ground
12th February Australia v India Adelaide Oval
14th February India v Sri Lanka Adelaide Oval
17th February Australia v Sri Lanka SCG
19th February Australia v India Gabba
21th February India v Sri Lanka Gabba
24th February Australia v Sri Lanka Bellerive Oval
26th February Australia v India SCG
28th February India v Sri Lanka Bellerive Oval
2nd March Australia v Sri Lanka MCG
4th March 1st Final Gabba
6th March 2nd Final Adelaide Oval
8th March 3rd Final (Only if Required) Adelaide Oval

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