Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024 - 2nd Test Match - Australia vs India - Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: 6-10 December, 2024

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the India Tour of Australia (Border Gavaskar Trophy), 2nd Test Match - Australia vs India, which will be played from the 6th of December at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

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Current Test Cricket Form India and Australia:

India have comfortably defeated the deflated hosts by 295 runs in the First Test to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

The top run scorer for India in the Border Gavaskar Trophy is Yashasvi Jaiswal with 161 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for India in the Border Gavaskar Trophy is Jasprit Bumrah with 8 scalps under his belt.

The top run scorer for Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy is Travis Head with 100 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy is Josh Hazlewood with 5 scalps under his belt.

In the First Test, India batted first and they posted a total of 150 before being bowled out. The top order including Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli all failed. It was Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy who scored 37 and 41 runs respectively to help India get to 150 in their first innings.

Australia were bowled out for just 104 runs in their first innings. Jasprit Bumrah was the star of the show, picking up 5 wickets for just 30 runs. Harshit Rana was also amongst the wickets as he picked up 3.

India in their second innings looked very calm and poised. They dominated the proceedings with the young sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli scoring hundreds. Jaiswal made 161 runs and deflated the Aussies.

Australia were given a huge target to chase in their second innings. Apart from Travis Head, no other batter took the responsibility of taking Australia closer to the target. Jasprit Bumrah in the second innings also picked up 3 wickets and broke the back of the run chase. Australia were eventually bowled out for 238, as India won the match by a huge margin of 295 runs.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Australia

Pat Cummins (C), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (Wk), Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (Wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc

India

Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (Wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Rishabh Pant (Wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Australia

Who will win?- India

Top Batter (Runs Scored) - Steven Smith (Australia), Yashasvi Jaiswal (India)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Jasprit Bumrah (India), Nathan Lyon (Australia)

Most Sixes – Alex Carey (Australia), Yashasvi Jaiswal (India)

Player of the Match - Jasprit Bumrah (India)

Team Scores Batting first – Australia 290+, India 325+

Match Handicap: India

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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