Ind Vs Aus

Ind Vs Aus

India vs Australia , ICC Champions Trophy 2009, Match Preview, Live Scores , Live Streaming : India and defending champions Australia will face each other in the Group A match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009, Watch Live Streaming and Live scores of the match which will begin in Johannesburg on Monday 28th September, 2009. Match start time at 14:30 am local, 12:30 GMT , 6-00 pm India time.This is a do or die match for India and Captain Dhoni has chosen the tricky option to play five bowlers and ask their depleted batting order to rise to the occasion. India and Australia seem to play each other so many times often that it’s hard to believe they haven’t met in an ODI for the last 18 months. since the CB series in Australia last year. If India play 5 blowlers it is almost certain Amit Mishra, the leggy, who made an impressive Test debut against Australia recently will play this match. There are all kinds of possible scenarios for which teams could be in the semi-finals in Group A , among all the simplest seems to be : if Australia beat India, it will be Pakistan and Australia in the semi finals fro group A..

Despite injuries, Team India was among the top contender for the title but last hour ouster of flamboyant all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has left the ‘Men in Blue’ in a tizzy. India’s clash with Australia is now bigger than Saturday’s match against Pakistan. Skipper Dhoni will have to settle with not less than a victory. All the top guns of Team India Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni will have to fire today. It becomes important for India when bowlers are not upto the mark in absence of Zaheer Khan. Once again Harbhajan Singh has to strike early to put Australians on backfoot. In the fielding department, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Harbhajan Singh to save extra run for the team and couple of run outs could pave the way for victory. In one sentence, Team India will have to improve its batting and fielding to compensate weaker bowling side. To strengthen bowling, skipper Dhoni has decided to play five bowlers against Australia. Amit Mishra is likely to make into final eleven while RP Singh may be rested and Praveen Kumar will replace him in the side.