India (IND) vs Australia (AUS) 3rd ODI Live Cricket Score Updates: India will face Australia in the third and final ODI at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Saturday, playing for pride after losing the first two matches of the series. After a seven-wicket defeat in Perth and a narrow two-wicket loss in Adelaide, the team will be looking to end the tour on a high.
The Indian batting lineup has struggled, with the most surprising failure being veteran star Virat Kohli, who registered back-to-back ducks for the first time in his career. While former Indian captain Rohit Sharma battled to a hard-fought 73 in the second game, the overall batting has fallen short of expectations.
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The weather at Sydney on Saturday is expected to be conducive for cricket as the maximum temperature is 25 degrees centigrade and the minimum temperature is 17 degrees centigrade according to the Accuweather app.
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India’s reliance on finger-spinners, instead of match-winner Kuldeep Yadav, in SENA countries goes against the recent template of success
Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar in clockwise direction. (FILE photo)
India head coach Gautam Gambhir has now overseen two away ODI series defeats in his 15-month tenure. One of the features of the template he has gone with in the format is his reliance on finger spinners, even as international cricket is collectively growing cold to the tribe in limited-overs cricket.
It is uncertain whether a series defeat within five days in Australia will change the team composition for the final ODI in Sydney on Saturday, or the five-match T20I leg that follows it. As of now, spin-bowling all-rounders Axar Patel and Washington Sundar continue to keep a superior spinner in Kuldeep Yadav out of the playing XI.
