India vs Australia 2023, 4th T20I – Dafanews Match Preview

India will take on Australia in the fourth T20I at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur on Friday. With the series tilted in favor of India at 2-1, Australia will aim to stay afloat whereas the hosts will look to clinch it before the final game.

We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current form for Australia: W L L W W

Australia was able to get the much-needed win in the last game to stay alive in the series. Glenn Maxwell had scored a scintillating knock of 104 runs off just 48 balls to help his team win by five wickets. However, Maxwell has traveled back to Australia and the young players will aim to take their chances.

Current form for India: L W W W W

India was once again brilliant with the bat as they posted a gargantuan score of 222 runs on the board, courtesy of a fine century from Ruturaj Gaikwad. But the hosts’ bowlers could not hold their nerves in the death overs and thus they were taken to the cleaners.

Head to Head: Matches: 29, Won by India: 17, Won by Australia: 11, NR: 1.

India holds the advantage against Australia in the H2H battle.

Players to look out for: Matthew Wade, Travis Head, Adam Zampa, Matt Short, and Jason Behrendorff hold the key for Australia.

Suryakumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Axar Patel and Ishan Kishan will be the crucial players for India.

Australia T20I squad: Matthew Wade (c), Jason Behrendorff, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Chris Green, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Ben McDermott, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha, Matt Short, Kane Richardson

India squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.