IND vs AUS Today Match Prediction for India vs Australia 1st Test– Who Will Win IND vs AUS match?

IND vs AUS 1st Test: The countdown for the much anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy has begun. The two cricketing heavyweights will clash each other in the four-match Test series and at the conclusion of the series we will get the No.1 ranked Test side and most likely the finalists of the World Test Championship. The Test series between India and Australia will kick start with the Nagpur Test on February 9th. The focus will then shift to the second Test that will be played on 17th February in Delhi. The third game between the teams is slated to take place on 1st March in Dharamshala whereas the last game will be played on 9th March in Ahmedabad.

IND vs AUS Match Details

Fixture Name: India vs Australia, 1st Test
Competition: Australia tour of India 2023
Date: 1st January 2022
Time: 9:30 AM IST
Ground: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

IND vs AUS Pitch Report

The pitch at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur is traditionally a batting friendly pitch. The ground offers assistance for spinners as well and it’s fair to say that it’ll be a great battle between bat and ball. As per the various reports it is learned that BCCI has curators to prepare rank turners and therefore we might see ball spinning from Day 1. The average first and second innings score at his venue is 345 and 418 respectively which dips down to 261 and 209 in the last two innings. The ground so far has hosted 5 matches with 2 games won by each batting and bowling side and ending in draw.

Nagpur pitch for the 1st Test. (? – Cricket Australia) pic.twitter.com/m86DL1C9v1

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RECENT FORM

India – L W W W W
Australia – W W W W W

IND vs AUS Probable Playing XIs

India:

Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, KS Bharat (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammad Shami

Australia:

David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matt Renshaw, Alex Carey (WK), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

IND vs AUS Probable Top Performers

Probable Best Batter

Rohit Sharma– Stats in Tests

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is expected to be the best batter in the first Test against Australia. The right-hander has been one of the finest openers in the longest format of the game and is exceptional in home conditions. His states in the Test are also staggering as in 45 games he has scored 3137 runs at an average of over 46 to go with 8 hundreds and 14 fifties.

Rohit sharma from today's practice session ? pic.twitter.com/X6c1X2CnF5

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Probable Best Bowler

Nathan Lyon – Stats in Tests

Australian spinner Nathan Lyon is likely to be the best bowler in the first Test against India. Rates among the best spinners in the longest of the game, Lyon has often troubled Indian batters and with conditions being spin friendly, he’s likely to set stage on fire. His stats are also exceptional as he has 460 wickets in just 115 games.

IND vs AUS Prediction- Who Will Win Today’s Match Between India and Australia  

• The last time India and Australia squared off in a Test series, it saw India scripting history and defeating the opposition at home.
• India has won 4 Tests at Nagpur from 6 games.
• Australia are yet to win a series in India. Their last series win in India came in 1970.
• Overall in 102 games, India has won 30 whereas Australia has 43 wins to their name.
• According to the IND vs AUS today match prediction, IND is the favourites to win this match.

IND vs AUS Head to Head Test Record 

Today’s Match Prediction: India to win the match