Australia vs India: 2nd Test Betting Preview

The Boxing Day test match on 26 December at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has always been the biggest test match in Australia. In normal conditions, the MCG will have more than 50,000 thousand people pack the stadium. That’s not going to be possible due to COVID-19 but the MCG test is still a big deal.

India are coming off their worst defeat in test cricket after throwing away a dominant position at the Adelaide Oval and getting bowled out for just 36 in the second innings.

India are 0-1 down in the Border–Gavaskar Trophy four match test series and have been left mentally scarred.

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* Odds have been provided by 888sport and are accurate as of 22/12/2020

India go in as betting underdogs with odds of 9/2 for the MCG test and with good reason. The MCG track is known to offer a lot of pace and bounce when compared to Adelaide. India are also going to be without their captain Virat Kohli who is their best batsman and top scored for them at the Oval.

Kohli is on paternity leave and will not play a further role in the test series. India will also be without fast bowler Mohammed Shami who broke his wrist in Adelaide. The selectors who made multiple blunders at the Adelaide Oval are expected to make changes which are once again a little too late.

Reports suggest that they will make 5 changes for the MCG test. Two of those changes are due to Kohli and Shami not being available. KL Rahul is expected to replace the out of form Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill who should have played in place for P Shaw will bat at four, Rishabh Pant will replace Wriddhiman Saha as wicket-keeper.

Ravindra Jadeja is fit and will replace Hanuma Vihari at 6 and Mohammed Siraj is expected to take the place of M Shami.

Australia go in as betting favorites with odds of 1/3 and rightly so. They showed that they can bounce back when under the pump and will look to use home conditions to their favour. They will also be bolstered by the return of the experienced David Warner to the top of the order.

Australia will be keen on winning the toss and getting India to bat first as technically they have lost their last 14 wickets for just 47 runs. If Australia can take a few quick wickets at the MCG, they might cause another collapse and end up 2-0 in under 3 days.