AUSTRALIA v INDIA: Our cricket tipster The Edge previews Thursday’s ODI between Australia v India with a recommended BETDAQ bet.
The Edge has been a professional cricket trader for over 12 years, and we are delighted to have his columns on BETDAQ Tips. He provides his best bets on a points scale between 1 and 5, with 5 being a rare max bet.
Because we see so much action in-running on cricket, he will also provide some in-running strategies that could develop in-play and lead to some excellent value bets. The Edge covers all forms of cricket: Test Matches, ODI’s and T20’s but his favourite competition is the Indian Premier League each season.
MATCH OVERVIEW:
It’s been a while since we have had cricket, even longer since high quality International cricket, however we return with a bang! Australia host India for an ODI, T20 and Test tour and we kick off with the 1st ODI in Sydney. We will play the first two ODI’s here before moving to Canberra.
Australia and India will know each other well having played against and alongside each other for the best part of six weeks for the Indian Premier League in the UAE. There has been a small bit of drama in the Indian camp in the run up to this tour, with Rohit Sharma choosing not to fly to Australia from the UAE. He suffered a hamstring tear during the IPL, but he played on and with the 14 day quarantine his chances of playing any part in the tour look slim at best now.
He would have missed the ODI’s given he played on in the IPL, but he leaves a big hole in the Indian batting. You will see a few stats pushed around in the build-up to this game like it’s been 300 days since India played, but does that matter? We’ve just had an IPL! The 32 man squad flew out directly after the IPL from the UAE from their bio secure bubble, so training hasn’t been an issue.
Australia look to be at full strength. There has been talk of changing the openers but perhaps that will apply to the Test team. Personally I’d always have Finch opening as he’s a quality player. That being said, he didn’t open at times in the IPL. We should have an excellent game, and a fantastic series (and tour) awaits!
WEATHER AND PITCH WATCH:
At the moment the forecast looks like we’ll have a full game of cricket. However don’t get too used to that – Australia weather isn’t as reliable as the UAE and we’ve had six weeks of cricket not having to worry about the weather. I would add checking the radar to the list for every fixture.
Generally in the past the wicket in Sydney has been good for batting. It feels like forever now, but Australia played New Zealand here in March, yes March 2020! It might feel like Match 2010, but Australia scored 258/7 and bowled New Zealand out for 187. India played here in January 2019 too – Australia scored 288/5 and kept India down to 254/9. At the start of a long summer I would expect a winning score to be closer to 288 than 258 for this game.
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India have no shortage of fast bowlers coming into this tour which is excellent given the conditions. They should have a lot of success with their bowling, but let’s not forget Australia are used to fast bowling conditions here too. To me it’s the batting that will win the day here and Australia look much stronger on paper. Sharma leaves a big hole in India’s batting in my opinion – OK as an opener he sometimes gets out early but when he gets in he goes big and I just don’t have any confidence in the top order batters bar Kohli. Dhawan was in good touch in the IPL, but he’s highly likely to nick off in these conditions. Australia are worth backing for me at 1.72 to start the tour.
The Edge Says:
Two points win Australia to beat India at 1.72 on BETDAQ Betting Exchange.
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IN-RUNNING STRATEGY:
It might be an eye-watching 3-40am start for those of us watching from the UK, but this series is bound to be very popular on BETDAQ Betting Exchange – especially in the second innings. Most of the UK cricket traders will wake up for the chase, and we really should see plenty of in-running swings between these sides.
With this being the 1st ODI, I wouldn’t be racing into any position. I would take my time and assess conditions before getting committed to a position. Before the off there are a couple of angles that I am interesting in should it play out – I’d be keen to get on the team batting first looking at the historical ground stats here; but of course that comes down to conditions on the day.
I also think the Indian bowling can go very well, especially the fast bowlers. Will it be enough to win the game? I don’t think so, but the market can push Australia out a little as the Indian bowlers go well. You could see Australia defending 260 or something, as the Indian bowlers have success but the batters struggle. We could see India go well in the batting department, but I don’t like the look of their squad on paper heading into the series. I’ll await to be proven wrong, but for the time being I feel their middle order is very weak and I would be very happy to be against them. That’s where Australia can win the game.
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