| CricBattle Daily Fantasy Cricket League Tips India vs Australia on February 17 by Soubhagya Swain,432 days ago |
CricBattle Daily Fantasy Cricket League Tips
India vs Australia on February 17
India will clash against Australia in the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium starting on February 17. Indian team won the opening Test by an innings and 132 runs to take a crucial 1-0 lead in the four-match series. It was a dominant performance from the hosts in the Nagpur Test which makes them a favorite to win the second match as well. Indian spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took combined 15 wickets out of 20 in two innings. Rohit Sharma continued his good form with another century while Jadeja and Axar Patel also contributed with fifty-plus knocks. Shreyas Iyer has joined the Indian team and is likely to replace Suryakumar Yadav in India's playing XI. Australia have included Matthew Kuhnemann in place of Mitchell Swepson with latter returning home for the birth of his first child.
Best economical pick – The 22-year-old off-spinner Todd Murphy made his international debut in the Nagpur Test and made an instant impact. He took seven wickets in an innings.
Top captains & vice captains – The star Australian batter Steven Smith scored 37 off 107 in the first innings and added an unbeaten 25 in the second innings while his team collapsed on just 91 runs. Smith has amazing numbers in Tests and will be a safe captaincy choice in the fantasy Team. The world no.1 Test all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja won the Player of the Match award in the Nagpur Test for taking a five-wicket haul in the first innings and scoring a crucial 70 off 185.
Smart pick – Indian captain Rohit Sharma top-scored 120 off 212 in the first innings of the first match in Nagpur. This was his back-to-back century after scoring a hundred against New Zealand in the third ODI last month.
Cautious Pick – The experienced Australian opener David Warner managed to score just 1 and 10 scores from two innings in the Nagpur Test. Warner has struggled for the big knocks across formats and should be avoided for the fantasy Team selection.
My XI – Steven Smith (Captain), Ravindra Jadeja (Vice-Captain), Todd Murphy, Rohit Sharma, Mohammad Siraj, Nathan Lyon, Cheteswar Pujara, Srikar Bharat, Marnus Labuschane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel
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