Shubman Gill-led India and Mitchell Marsh-led Australia will lock horns with each other in the last ODI of the series at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, October 25.
This is mainly because of the obsession of the Gautam Gambhir-led team management with the all-rounders. Kuldeep Yadav was in red-hot form in the Asia Cup 2025, where he picked up 17 wickets, and in the Test series against West Indies, he bagged 12 wickets.
"Kuldeep likely to play at Sydney. Perhaps, a slightly spin-friendly surface…could easily come in for a pacer. Given the batting performance in the first 2 ODIs, I’m not expecting the team to drop a batter for a bowler. Very unlikely. #AusvInd," the former India opener Aakash Chopra said on X.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 24, 2025
Modern-day white-ball cricket demands some sort of batting ability at 8 - Aakash Chopra
Many cricket experts have bashed the Indian team management and urged them not to focus too much on batting depth; instead, focus on picking wickets by playing premier bowlers.
"It’s all fine to say if 7 batters aren’t enough, 8 won’t make a difference too. But let’s be honest—modern day white-ball cricket demands some sort of batting ability at 8. It becomes even more difficult to field only 7 batters if the batting form of many is a concern plus if the pitches are more bowler-friendly!! Unpopular opinion…I know. But that’s exactly how India’s recent white-ball success is achieved."
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 24, 2025
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Virat Kohli says emotional goodbye to Adelaide
Kohli has delivered dominant performances over the years in Australia, and Adelaide was his favorite hunting ground. However, after bagging a duck, he was seen doing a goodbye gesture to the Adelaide crowd.
“Goodbye Adelaide. As Virat Kohli walked out after getting out, at the end he made that gesture to the crowd to say thank you, perhaps to make them realize that this is it. Virat Kohli will no longer be seen playing international cricket on this ground. And this is the ground that was probably his favorite across the three formats. He scored runs here, competed as captain in matches here. In fact, it was said that although it’s far from home, it felt like home.”
“But in the end, he couldn’t open his account on that ground. And do you know whose memory came to mind? Sir Don Bradman’s. And this is actually his ground. This city belongs to him. The last match he played, he needed just four runs. If he had scored them, he would have retired with an average of 100. But he couldn’t open his account then. And here, the Don of ODI cricket couldn’t open his account in his last match at this very venue. It’s a little poetic, but the truth is there are no goodbyes in goodbyes, you know.”
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