High Risk - Good Returns

Glenn Maxwell: Scored 186 runs in the recent 3-match ODI series against England which included a century.

Hardik Pandya: Loves playing against Australia as in 6 matches he has piled up 270 runs and also taken 6 wickets.

Pat Cummins: Has picked up at least a wicket in each of his last 6 ODIs (total 10 wickets)

X-factor Picks

Shreyas Iyer: Has scores of 62, 52, 103 and 44* in his last 4 ODIs.

Yuzvendra Chahal: Has played only 2 ODIs this year with performances of 3/47 and 3/58.

Marcus Stoinis: Has a great record at Sydney in the 2 ODIs that he has played scoring 103 runs and also 3 wickets.

Jasprit Bumrah: Against Australia he has played only twice outside Indian and has taken 3/61 and 2/40 in these 2 matches.

Josh Hazlewood: Has picked up 11 wickets in his last 5 ODIs at Sydney.

Must-Have

Steve Smith: Has a stellar record against Indian scoring 907 runs in just 15 innings (avg. of 60) which includes three 100s and five 50s.

Virat Kohli: Scores of 89, 78, 16 and 82 against Australia in the last 4 ODIs.

David Warner: The last time he played at home against India he scored 122 and before that 93.

KL Rahul: This year in the 6 ODIs that he has played in, his scores are 112, 4, 88*, 19, 80 and 47

Shikhar Dhawan: Scores of 96, 74, 117, 12 and 143 in his last 5 ODIs against Australia.

Adam Zampa: Has taken 15 wickets in his last 5 ODIs which includes two 3-fers and one 4-fer.

Mohammed Shami: Since the start of WC2019, he has picked up 31 wickets in just 14 matches with being wicketless in only 2 matches.

Squads:

India Squad: Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul(wk), Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Agarwal, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill

Australia Squad: Aaron Finch(c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey(wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Ashton Agar, Moises Henriques, Matthew Wade, Sean Abbott, Andrew Tye, Cameron Green, Daniel Sams