🏏ICC T20I WC 2024: S8 - Match 51: India vs Australia, St Lucia 🏏 - Page 5

Both Rohit and Virat Kohli played innings of substance against Afghanistan, while Shivam Dube, who had not been able to perform his role, answered his critics with a crucial knock.

Number three Rishabh Pant has been getting dismissed off reverse hit often and it is something he would like to correct.

The biggest positive for India in this tournament has been the all-round effort of Hardik Pandya, who has now come to the party with the bat to complement his incisive spells.

Kuldeep Yadav has taken little time to come up with match-wining contributions and he would be relied on for wickets in the middle overs.

With the team playing three Super 8 games with as many days of travel in between, the management will be tempted to rotate players but is unlikely to do so.

Australia, on the other hand, have plenty to worry about going into the game. It was a flop batting show against Afghanistan and unusually Mitchell Marsh's team had a forgettable night in the field as well.

Having logged only 88 runs in six games at a strike rate of 111, Marsh needs to lead from the front against India.

With the ball, offie Glenn Maxwell needs to check his economy rate of 8.58 runs per over.

In terms of match ups, it will be interesting to see how Kohli fares against leg-spinner Adam Zampa, who has had the better of the Indian superstar on multiple occasions.

Australia played the extra spinner in Ashton Agar instead of Mitchell Starc against Afghanistan but that could change against India.

Players arrived to the stadium!

Both India and Australia players have arrived at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia.

Good news is that, the skies are clear and there is no sign of the rain.

There is no sign of rain at the moment. Weather is pleasant. The current conditions appear to be favourable, with clear skies overhead.

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Team India in a huddle!

Team India has formed a huddle. Virat Kohli is speaking to his team mates. It's a big game for both the teams, especially Australia. Head coach Rahul Dravid is also part of the conversation.

Keeping my expectations low . Hope IND wins

On the subject of the Australia XI, Matt has this: "Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins and Marsh all marking out run-ups. So likely to be Starc for Agar as only Aussie change."

Toss coming up... Just time for me to pass on another golden nugget from Matt: "my good friends at 'windy.app' reckon winds between 17.8-22.3mph today with gusts up to 31.2mph. That's about 50% higher than in England vs South Africa." Sounds like a good day to fly a kite

Aus won the toss and will bowl first.

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Aus won toss and choose to field first