Australia and India meet in the second of their three match T20 cricket series at the MCG on Friday evening, following an exciting contest in Adelaide on Australia Day.
India were given little hope of success in the first T20 after losing their recent ODI series with Australia 4-1, but silenced all doubters when comfortably defeating Steve Smith’s men.
While taking a 1-0 lead heading into Friday’s fixture, India ($2.35) interestingly remain clear outsiders to defeat Australia ($1.57) in Melbourne.
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Head To Head Betting
India capped their losing ODI series with a couple of credible efforts; avoiding a series whitewash with a spirited performance for success at the SCG, and offered terrific value in head-to-head betting markets for the first T20 match as a result.
Australia were reasonably slopping in the field, were unable to make too much of a dent in India’s top order and experienced a particularly poor-timed batting collapse to lose the Adelaide match.
Australia have proven they are a chance to win in every match they have played this summer, but the way the Indians took a stranglehold on the first T20 match on Tuesday means they are more than worth consideration for a bet at current $2.35 odds to win again on Friday.
Recommended Bet: Back India to win at $2.35
Man of the Match
A number of players raised claims to be crowned Man of the Match in Adelaide, however it was India’s team that surely dominated to voting owing to their superb efforts.
Skipper Aaron Finch ($8.50) was undoubtedly the shining light of Australia’s batting attack on Tuesday; notching up a classy 44 before his dismissal, and will again have to lead from the front his team is to reverse the result on Friday.
India’s performance was laced with several impressive individual feats however arguably none more than the 90 mustered by Virat Kohli ($11), who continued his love affair with the Adelaide Oval.
Only three players in Finch, David Warner ($8.50) and Steve Smith ($9) are currently available at single figure odds in this market, and selecting a pivotal player like Rohit Sharma ($11) may therefore figure as a smart betting play.
Recommended Bet: Back Rohit Sharma to be named Man of the Match at $11
Top Australian Batsman
Aaron Finch was the only batsman in Australia’s line up to really get going in Adelaide, however the Victorian remains a steady $4 chance to be top run scorer once more behind the ever-dangerous David Warner ($3.75).
Someone will have to step up in Australia’s top and middle order beyond the opening pair however, and consideration should be placed in the likes of Chris Lynn ($5.50) and Travis Head ($8.50), who were both standouts through the recent Big Bash tournament.
Recommended Bet: Back Chris Lynn to be Australia’s top run scorer at $5.50
Top Indian Batsman
Rarely is there a match that Virat Kohli ($3.40) does not perform well and even top the scoring, and the consistent first drop represents terrific value to again lead India’s scoresheet in Melbourne on Friday.
Rohit Sharma ($3.50) and Shikhar Dhawan ($5) have both also shown plenty of class in Australia this summer and are not without a chance of being India’s top run scorer in Melbourne.
MS Dhoni ($11) appears due a big score and sits as a particularly valuable betting play at current $11 odds to top score for India in Melbourne.
Recommended Bet: Back Virat Kohli to be India’s top run scorer at $3.40