Big picture: Can Australia avoid whitewash?
The third ODI between India and Australia was expected to be a dress rehearsal for the teams’ opening game at the World Cup but some of the key characters will be missing on Wednesday.
India WWWLW (last five ODIs, most recent first)
Australia LLLLL
In the spotlight: Ashwin and Australia’s death bowling
Team news: Kishan to open?
In Gill’s absence, Ishan Kishan could open the innings with Rohit. Bumrah and Siraj should replace Shami and Prasidh Krishna.
India (probable): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 KL Rahul (wk), 6 Suryakumar Yadav, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
Apart from Cummins and Starc returning, Maxwell could get his first game of the tour. Maxwell hasn’t played competitive cricket since July, but before flying to India, he did feature in a 50-over practice match for Victoria where he batted, and bowled four overs.
Australia (probable): 1 Mitchell Marsh, 2 David Warner, 3 Steven Smith, 4 Marnus Labuschagne, 5 Alex Carey (wk), 6 Glenn Maxwell, 7 Marcus Stoinis, 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Josh Hazlewood