The 4th T20I match of the Australia Tour of India will be played between India and Australia on December 1 at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur.
This five-match T20I series between India and Australia is still alive after an incredible unbeaten innings from Glenn Maxwell propelled Australia to a 5-wicket win in Guwahati on Tuesday. Going into this game, India leads the series 2-1. The match begins at 7:00 p.m. local time on Friday at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur.
Suryakumar Yadav's team will still be wondering how they managed to lose the third game of the series after scoring 222/3 in Guwahati, including 30 runs from the final over. However, the performance was still positive and we expect them to come back with a win in this game.
After managing to achieve a very lofty goal in the last game, the Australian camp will have a lot of confidence going into this game. However, without one of their key match-winners, Glenn Maxwell, it might be difficult for them to win this T20I.
Match Preview
India (IND) and Australia (AUS) will play the 4th T20I of the five-match series on Friday (December 1) at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. India won the first two games of the series.
In the third T20I, Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his maiden T20I century and remained unbeaten on 123 runs off 57 deliveries. Suryakumar Yadav scored 39 runs off 29 deliveries and Tilak Varma scored 31 runs off 24 deliveries. India posted a total of 222 runs in 20 overs and the loss of three wickets. Kane Richardson, Jason Behrendorff and Aaron Hardie took a wicket each for Australia.
Australia lost their first three wickets for 68 runs. Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell combined to add 60 runs for the fourth wicket. Maxwell remained unbeaten on 104 runs off 48 deliveries. He hit a boundary on the last delivery and helped Australia win the game by five wickets. It was Australia's second highest chase in T20Is. Maxwell won the Player of the Match award.
Pitch Report
It will be the first T20I match at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium. A total of 17 matches were played at this venue in the Chhattisgarh Men's T20 Invitation Cup 2023. The teams that batted first in the last five games of this tournament managed to cross the 150-run mark only once. This suggests it may be a low scoring venue. The average first innings total in T20 matches played in the last six months was 132 runs.
Weather Report
Cloudy and humid conditions are forecast for Friday's match in Raipur. The chance of a temporary rain shower is very low, but with temperatures around 20°C it will mostly stay dry.
Toss Prediction
16 of the 29 T20 matches played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur were won by the chasing team. With dew being a big factor in the second innings in this series, it is almost certain that the captain who wins the toss will field here.
Head to Head
India have won 17 of the 28 T20 internationals against Australia, including three of the previous five.
Match Prediction
Venue Details
This will be the first T20I to be played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. In the domestic T20 tournaments, the average first innings score here was around 150-160. At the venue, a team has crossed the 200-run mark only once in 29 T20 matches. However, the wickets in this series have been rather flat and we could get another one here. The team batting first will try to aim for a total of around 180-200.
Betting Tips
We will face India to win this game. We believe they have a much stronger team than the new Australian team. They have better spinners, a strong batting line-up and are obviously better suited to exploit the conditions. Australia's new additions may struggle to cope with the slowness of wickets straight away and that will cost them dearly.
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India Key players
Suryakumar Yadav – The captain is closing in on 150 runs for the series and scored another quick innings of 39 runs off 29 balls, including seven boundaries, in the third T20I.
Ruturaj Gaikwad - Tuesday's T20I was a memorable day for the opener, who scored his maiden international century to become the first Indian to score 100 in the format against Australia.
Ravi Bishnoi – Once again, the 23-year-old spinner was the pick of the Indian bowling attack in the last game. He comes into this game after dismissing Josh Inglis and Tim David in Guwahati.
Arshdeep Singh – The swing bowler picked up a wicket in the final two games of the series. The batters will attack at full length once again in this game, which will give him plenty of opportunities for more layoffs.
Australia Key players
Travis Head - The left-handed opener made his first appearance on Tuesday since scoring a match-winning century in the Cricket World Cup final earlier this month. He now looks to be an all-format star for Australia.
Matthew Wade – The skipper was in the middle as his side crossed the finish line in the third T20I. He hit 28 not out from 16 balls and has a top score of 80 in the format.
Nathan Ellis - The bowling all-rounder went wicketless on Tuesday but was one of only two bowlers in the Australian attack to keep his economy rate in single figures.
Jason Behrendorff - The great opening bowler showed exactly what Australia had missed in the second T20I when he took the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal and bowled the only first bowler of the game in Tuesday's match.
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