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imageAustralian tour of India '98 : a Preview

Itinerary

Australian Squad

Our Indian Squad

Players to watch out for

Prediction

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imageItinerary

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on 21 January 1998 the following itinerary for the Australian tour of India in February - April, 1998:

Dates Opponents Venue
Tue 24 - Thu 26 Feb Mumbai Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium)
Sun 1 - Tue 3 Mar Indian Board President's XI Vishakapatnam
Fri 6 - Tue 10 Mar FIRST TEST Chennai
Fri 13 - Sun 15 Mar India A Jamshedpur
Wed 18 - Sun 22 Mar SECOND TEST Calcutta
Wed 25 - Sun 29 Mar THIRD TEST Bangalore

This tour will then be concluded with a one-day international tri-series involving Australia, India and Zimbabwe to be played between 1 and 14 April.

Triangular One-Day Series: India, Australia, Zimbabwe - April 1998

Dates Opponents Venue
1 Apr Ind v Aus Kochi
3 Apr Aus v Zim Ahmedabad
5 Apr Ind v Zim Vadodara
7 Apr India v Aus Kanpur
9 Apr Ind v Zim Cuttack
11 Apr Zim v Aus Faridabad
14 Apr Final Delhi
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imageAustralian Squad

Australian selectors have chosen their squad of fifteen players for the Test leg of the tour of India in February and March 1998.

Matthew Elliott and Andy Bichel have been dropped from the team that played in the Third Test against South Africa, while Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Simon Cook are unavailable due to injury. Four players in the squad (Lehmann, Dale, Wilson and Robertson) have yet to appear in a Test match.

The full team is:

The squad for the one-day leg of the Indian and Sharjah tour will be named following the current Australian tour of New Zealand.

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imageOur Indian Squad

OUR team for the tests :
1. Navjot Sidhu
2.Wasim Jaffer / Gagan Khoda 
3.Rahul Dravid  / Kambli
4.Sachin Tendulkar
5.Mohd. Azharuddin
6.Saurav Ganguly
7.Nayan Mongia 
8.Rajesh Chauhan 
9.Srinath
10.Anil Kumble / Sairaj Bahatule
11.Venkatesh Prasad/Debashish Mohanty
 
OUR team for the one dayers :
1.Saurav Ganguly
2.Sachin Tendulkar
3.Mohd. Azharuddin
4.Vinod Kambli
5.Ajay Jadeja.
6.Robin Singh
7.Saba Karim
8.Javagal Srinath
9.Prasad 
10. Anil Kumble  
11.Rajesh Chauhan /Hrishikesh Kanitkar
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imagePlayers to watch out for

Batsmen

imageSachin Tendulkar
imageAzharuddin
imageSteve Waugh
imageMark Waugh
imagePonting

 Bowlers

imageShane Warne
imageSrinath
imageChauhan
imageKasprowicz
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imagePrediction

We predict a very close and tight series with India winning 2 - 1 . The Aussies desperately wanna win this series so that they can be the undisputed world champs. India will want to keep its record of not losing a series at home for so long intact. With Azhar at the helm of affairs , its gonna be difficult for the Aussies. Sachin will concentrate only on batting rather than worry about 10 others.

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imageComing international tours

Zimbabwe in New Zealand, Feb-Mar 1998
Sri Lanka in South Africa, Mar-Apr 1998
South Africa in England, May-Aug 1998
Sri Lanka in England, Aug 1998 


imageList of Forthcoming ODI Tournaments

Triangular International Series in Ind (Ind, Aus, Zim), Apr 1998
Triangular International Series in SA (Pak, SA, SL), Apr 1998
Triangular International Series in England (Eng, RSA, SL), Aug
Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur, September 1998
World Cup 1999 in England
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