India vs Australia Prediction & Betting Tips - ODI Bilateral Series

Prediction published on 16/03/2023, 15:00  by Devesh Jaganath | Modified on 16/03/2023 at 15:12 in Cricket Predictions

The ICC ODI’s top-ranked teams will clash this week when India welcomes Australia to the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday for the first of three ODI’s. The hosts will be full of confidence coming into this series after winning the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2-1, which followed a 3-0 win in their previous ODI series against New Zealand. India will go into this series without the services of the elegant skipper Rohit Sharma who will be missing due to family commitments, while Shreyas Iyer will miss out through injury. India is unbeaten in ODI’s in 2023 and will want to build momentum as they draw closer to their home World Cup later this year. 

Australia’s last ODI series came in November 2022 against England, right after their T20 World Cup triumph, and they won that series in comprehensive fashion 3-0. Like their opponents, Australia will also be without their regular ODI skipper Pat Cummins as well as paceman Josh Hazelwood with the pair missing out through injury. However, David Warner and Glenn Maxwell have both been cleared to join their compatriots after the pair were sidelined through injuries. This will give the Australians a huge boost in the batting department, with both players able to score freely when they are in form. Australia will be keen to right their test tournament disappointments in this format of the game and lay down a marker for the World Cup.