India looks to hat-trick to win and seal series

Indore: Team India, led by Virat Kohli, has a great chance to complete the hat-trick of victories and records at Holkar Stadium against Indore on Sunday.

India beat the Kangaroos in the first two ODIs of the five-match series and won by 26 and 50 runs respectively. Now the Indian team will take on the hat-trick of victory on Sunday, with the intention of gaining a 3-0 Ajay lead in the series.

Along with that, there is also a great opportunity for the host team to record the hat-tricks of records.

India has the chance to win five consecutive wins at one of the stadiums first. Earlier, the Indian team won their first four consecutive matches in Sharjah, Mirpur, Delhi and Visakhapatnam. If Team India succeeds in winning the match on Sunday, it will be the first time the team wins their first five matches at a stadium.

India has never won four consecutive matches against Australia in ODIs. India's longest win against Australia in One Day is three matches. This time too India has won three consecutive matches (in 2016 in Sydney and now two matches in this series). Team India will have a great chance to make a chances of winning the match against Australia in Holkar.

Ajinkya Rahane got his rhythm in the last match. Rohit is also expected to have a big innings. Virat Kohli, Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni will be responsible for the middle order. However, Manish Pandey's place may be in danger.

On otherhand, the Australian team is lagging behind Team India in every department of the game. Especially in batting, he is struggling very much. In the Kolkata one-day, the guests were also very upset about the player's fitness.

Most troubled wicketkeeper Matthew Wade looked In this case, it will be seen whether Peter Handscab will be given a chance in his place in the third one-day. By the way Australia's team selection will be worth seeing whether Adam Jampa will return or not.

Teams from

India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami.

Australia: Steve Smith (captain), David Warner, Ashton Agar, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Patrick Cummins, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), Adam Zampa and Peter Handscomb

Pitch and conditions
Indore has had rain for nearly two weeks now that has left the outfield wet, and the pitch shrouded under cover.

Stats and trivia

• India has never defeated Australia in three consecutive bilateral ODI series. In the current series, Team India has won two consecutive matches and it has a great chance to win the hat-trick of victory.
• The Australian team has played four one-dayers in Indore but all matches were played at the Nehru Stadium. The Australian team will play their first one-day match at Holkar Stadium.

Match facts
Sunday Sept. 14, 2017 (d/n)
Start time 1330 local (0800 GMT)