Australia v India, 3rd Test – Fantasy Cricket Tips & Playing XI

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by Karthik Atchuta

Date: Jan 7-11, 2021 – 05:00am IST
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Fantasy Cricket Tips for Australia v India 3rd Test

Probable Playing XI:

Australia: David Warner, Will Pucovski, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade, Cameron Green, Tim Paine (c & wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

India: (confirmed) Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah

Fantasy Cricket Tips – My Fantasy XI:

Batsmen: Steve Smith, David Warner (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Marnus Labuschagne

WK Batsman: Rishabh Pant

All Rounders: Hanuma Vihari, Ravindra Jadeja (vc), Ravichandran Ashwin

Bowlers: Pat Cummins, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Starc

Captain and Vice Captain:

David Warner scored 732 runs in 13 innings at the venue including 4 centuries and 3 half centuries. He is the leading run getter among the current lot at Sydney. He is my fantasy captain for this Test.

I am handing over the vice captaincy duties for this Test to the incredible Ravindra Jadeja who is in form of his own.

Batsmen:

I am going with Ajinkya Rahane, Marnus Labuschagne, David Warner and Steve Smith as my batting options. This is primarily put so keeping in mind the team balance and budget investment over other players in Dream 11.

All rounders:

Hanuma Vihari and Ravindra Jadeja will constitute my all rounders quota again along with Ravichandran Ashwin given the conditions at Sydney. I continue my loyalty to Hanuma Vihari at this point and also my X-factor choice player yet again for this match. He could be the differentiating factor between your team and others. Ravindra Jadeja has been in great form in recent period and he is my vice captain choice this time round.

Ravichandran Ashwin’s experience guarantees him a spot in my fantasy XI

Bowlers:

I am going in with the mandatory 3 bowlers this time as I slotted in 3 all-rounders – 2 of which will bowl long spells. Pat Cummims, Mitchell Starc and Jasprit Bumrah will form my pace attack.

X-factors for me will be Gade Hanuma Vihari and Ravindra Jadeja – they can be the defining factor for the team’s critical differentials in the end.

AUS Test Squad: David Warner, Matthew Wade, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Tim Paine(w/c), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Sean Abbott, Marcus Harris, Moises Henriques, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski, Mitchell Swepson

IND Test Squad: Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, T Natarajan, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Prithvi Shaw