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Predict the outcome of the Australia versus India Test series

Predict the outcome of the Australia versus India Test series?

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The 4 match Test series starts on 6th December in Adelaide.

Many feel that India have a great chance of winning this series, but what do you reckon the outcome will be?
 
India 2-1 i think there batsmen will get runs all series and that will cause Aussies crumble under pressure during series. No excuses here for india not to beat current weakened Aussie side.
 
4-0 to India, Aussies are too weak and kohli will score 1000 + runs alone this series
 
Australia might be weak but I don't see Indian phaast bowlers picking 20 wickets so I don't see India winning a test they might draw one or two.
3-0 to Australia. Come on Aussies beat them hard.
 
Australia to win in Adelaide and Perth before India winning it in Melbourne with a draw in Sydney.

2-1 to Aus
 
This Australian batting line-up is one of the weakest (inexperienced). It will depends on how Indian bowlers perform.

I think it will be 2-1 to Australia
 
This is a difficult series to predict. Unlike last time Aussies can't put flat tracks in front of us and win because of their bowling. Too much depends on how bumrah and Kohli do and whether everyone else manages to at least chip in. If that happens 2-1 or 1-0 India, either of Kohli or Bumrah fail 2-0 or 3-0 Australia.
 
My analysis:

Positives for India:
India will be playing the 1st test in Adelaide and not in Brisbane. Normally, the 1st test in Australian summer is always in Woolloongabba which is the fortress for Australia and they have not lost there a test since 90s (I may be wrong).So thats a big positive for India and India always plays well in Adelaide. We almost won the Adelaide test time.So there is a good chance India can go 1-0 after 1st test.

Another positive, Smith and Warner not playing. However, in these flat decks Khwaja & co. can be very dangerous as well. So its a lesser positive that 1st one.

Negatives for India:
India missing out on the services of 2md best AR Hardik Pandya. It will be a bigger loss than Aust missing Smith/Warner. With a talented AR like Pandya playing India can play 5 proper batsman + 1WK + 1 genuine AR + 4 bowlers. Pandya could have an effect this series similar to what Ben Stokes had in Ashes down under 2013. Now with him out, we are pondering to play Sharma at 6th and relying on Vihary as 5th bowling option.

Also, Prithvi Shaw missing out is a negative (lesser than Pandya loss though) as he was in good form. But if Vijay can maintain this form and Rahul finds some, things wont look that bad.

What would be the result of the series:
If India plays to their potential and don't get unlucky with the loss like in SA and Eng, then I expect following result:

Adelaide test - India win
Perth test - Aust win
Melbourne win - Drawn test
Sydney test - India win

Conclusion
India to win the series 2-1 and will retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy.

#WeWontGiveItBack
 
Australian batsmen know how to score big at home . They have a world class bowling attack as well. Indian batting is inconsistent and they may have issues with there spin bowling.

2/3-1 to Australia.
 
This is difficult to predict, I predicted 4-0 to England during India's last abroad tour, as it turned out it was 4-1 England.

I know no matter how good we are, there was a time when we had Sehwag, Gambhir, Dravid, Sachin, Ganguly, VVS, Dhoni as our top 7, Zaheer, Harbhajan and co as bowlers and we still couldn't win in RSA and AUS and only once in 2007 we pulled it off in England, it has never been easy for us to win abroad.

The current batting line up is NOT better than that line up, neither is bowling. The big thing though is Australia is at their weakest, so that is where we have a chance.

I think it will be 2-1to Australia. Reason being Aussies have got their bowling at full strength, and the Khawaja's and Marsh's will not be as bad at home as people are thinking.
 
India should win it on paper but I expect them to mess something up, it'll be close fought but I feel australia will win. Probably a 2-1 score line.
 
Australia will triumph for sure but I expect India to put up a good show should Virat Kohli score.
 
I think the first match will tell us a lot about how the series will pan out. It is tough to get on top of the Australians after they have smelt blood but if India can somehow win or draw that first game, the Australians might crumble due to the expectations and the fact that they only have one test batsman.
 
Aus 0 - 4 Ind

A couple of innings win if India bat first. Backing Bumrah to do bulk of the damage if he stays fit for the full series.
 
Mark my words.
India will win all those matches in which we bat first and lose all those in which we bowl first.
 
4-0 to Australia just in the lead at the moment.
 
This could be a close one - both sides looking weak in batting (ok Aus havent batted yet!)
 
think a whitewash could be coming....
 
Well the poll results were way off as India completed their historic series victory against Australia by a margin of 2-1.
 
Indian team surpassed expectations in Aus. I expected them to win maximum one test. They won 2 and 3rd was denied due to rain. Pujara and Bumrah will be remembered in Indian cricket history as legends due to this series.
 
Canford Cliffs said:
My analysis:

Positives for India:
India will be playing the 1st test in Adelaide and not in Brisbane. Normally, the 1st test in Australian summer is always in Woolloongabba which is the fortress for Australia and they have not lost there a test since 90s (I may be wrong).So thats a big positive for India and India always plays well in Adelaide. We almost won the Adelaide test time.So there is a good chance India can go 1-0 after 1st test.

Another positive, Smith and Warner not playing. However, in these flat decks Khwaja & co. can be very dangerous as well. So its a lesser positive that 1st one.

Negatives for India:
India missing out on the services of 2md best AR Hardik Pandya. It will be a bigger loss than Aust missing Smith/Warner. With a talented AR like Pandya playing India can play 5 proper batsman + 1WK + 1 genuine AR + 4 bowlers. Pandya could have an effect this series similar to what Ben Stokes had in Ashes down under 2013. Now with him out, we are pondering to play Sharma at 6th and relying on Vihary as 5th bowling option.

Also, Prithvi Shaw missing out is a negative (lesser than Pandya loss though) as he was in good form. But if Vijay can maintain this form and Rahul finds some, things wont look that bad.

What would be the result of the series:
If India plays to their potential and don't get unlucky with the loss like in SA and Eng, then I expect following result:

Adelaide test - India win
Perth test - Aust win
Melbourne win - Drawn test
Sydney test - India win

Conclusion
India to win the series 2-1 and will retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy.

#WeWontGiveItBack
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My prediction was so right...except Ind won in MCG and Sydney is drawn (other way round)
 
Canford Cliffs said:
What would be the result of the series:
If India plays to their potential and don't get unlucky with the loss like in SA and Eng, then I expect following result:
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They were not "unlucky," they were comprehensively beaten by teams that are very strong in their home conditions. India would be disappointed to not thrash this Aus 4-0.

Overall, effectively IND is 4.5/12 in RSA, ENG, and Aus combined this year which although is decent, it is nothing to gloat about considering that IND gets to tour this countries and have series with them pretty much every year.
 
BDfanforever said:
They were not "unlucky," they were comprehensively beaten by teams that are very strong in their home conditions. India would be disappointed to not thrash this Aus 4-0.

Overall, effectively IND is 4.5/12 in RSA, ENG, and Aus combined this year which although is decent, it is nothing to gloat about considering that IND gets to tour this countries and have series with them pretty much every year.
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Bangladesh has been 0/19 in SENA countries in their history in 19 test matches. 13 of these defeats have been by innings. Bangladeshi phhaast bowlers have taken less wickets in SENA countries in these 19 tests compared to what the top two Indian pacers have taken in this one year. So Bangladesh cannot even claim to be ünlucky" they are plain rubbish in SENA countries.

Still, based on some occasional ODI wins, you consider your team as second strongest cricketing nation in Asia. It is clear that not just playing cricket is tough for Bangladesh cricketers, even understanding cricket is tough for Bangladeshi fans.
 
Just to give you some context for the word comprehensively -
You know when Bangladesh toured south Africa in 2017 , now that is what you call a comprehensive defeat. Not the ones you've mentioned.
 
BDfanforever said:
They were not "unlucky," they were comprehensively beaten by teams that are very strong in their home conditions.
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You do realize that India did not lose a single match in RSA and England where they won the toss. Given that they lost 6/7 tosses, they were indeed unlucky.
 
Buffet said:
Indian team surpassed expectations in Aus.

Pujara and Bumrah will be remembered in Indian cricket history as legends due to this series.
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Spot on.

If India were going to win the series,Pujara should've won the MOS for his performance in 1st Test alone.To Put it in context,If you remove Pujara runs(highest run scorer in both 1st and 2nd innings),India's performance in that match was one of the worst of the year 2018.(probably 2nd Worst)If India had lost the 1st Test,The best they could've hoped for was drawing the series which would've been great achievement itself after losing 1st Test.

Bumrah was the main reason why India won the 3rd test and he will become Greatest Indian bowler across formats for India if he continues like this for next 5-7 years.Another good thing is that Bumrah is only 25 year old.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Mark my words.
India will win all those matches in which we bat first and lose all those in which we bowl first.
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Napa said:
Rain ruined your almost perfect prediction.
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Yep.
Indian batters are not good enough to chase even 150 in tests outside asia.
Not only indians but there is no team which chases well in tests.
Indian team needs to address this if we want to become a legendary team.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Yep.
Indian batters are not good enough to chase even 150 in tests outside asia.
Not only indians but there is no team which chases well in tests.
Indian team needs to address this if we want to become a legendary team.
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Already Agarwal did the best job of an opener, but he did not play in the 2nd Test that we lost. Along with Shaw and maybe Gill, the next generation of Indian batsmen may be able to chase totals in the 4th innings.
 
Well done to:

K4Kohli and Sachin136
 
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