In the four previous clashes against India in this tournament, Australia managed to win twice, in Adelaide and in Sydney, lost in Melbourne, while their first clash had ended in a washout.
For India, they not yet decided about the opening pair.. Who will open with Sachin? According to Dhoni, he said in an interview," We r not yet decided about the final XI.. Whether to play 4 bowlers and extra batsman or with 5 bowlers"
For Australia, the loss to the Lankans on friday will be some pressure on them.. So They r in little bit of pressure.. Ponting said, "We are focussed on Sunday's game. If we had won today, there would have been more momentum in our favour. But we would be sharp and switched on for Sunday"..
In both the teams, all batsmen r not yet performing 100 percent.. Bowlers did the job.. In Indian point of view, The main asset is the new young pacer "Ishant Sharma" who took 13 wickets from 8 games... While Comback kid "Irfan Pathan" got 9 wickets..
In Australian side, the front runner is the Swing bowler "Nathen Brakken" , who got 18 wickets from 8 games.. Brett Lee got 15 wickets and Left arm pacer Mitchel Jhonson got 11 wickets..
But, the 1st final venue is the controversial place for this summer down under.. India must overcome those abuses and need to perform well against the world champions..
Most Likely Playing XI's are..
Australia:
1 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Andrew Symonds, 6 Michael Hussey, 7 James Hopes, 8 Brad Hogg, 9 Brett Lee, 10, Mitchell Johnson, 11 Nathan Bracken.
India:
1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 Robin Uthappa, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Yuvraj Singh, 6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt, wk), 7 Virender Sehwag/Praveen Kumar, 8 Irfan Pathan, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 Sreesanth, 11 Ishant Sharma.
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