Watch India vs Australia Live Streaming Online 3rd ODI

Australia have won the toss and opted to bat against India in the third one-dayer of the seven-match ODI series

While the Indians looked a confident lot, the Aussies have a few problems to sort out, particularly in their bowling department with pace spearhead Brett Lee ruled out of the series because of an elbow injury.


The spate of injuries to some of their key players has weakened the World Champions to some extent and a depleted bowling attack have only compounded their misery.

Teams:

India: SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag, G Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, RA Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, A Nehra, P Kumar, I Sharma.

Australia: SR Watson, RT Ponting*, CL White, MEK Hussey, AC Voges, MC Henriques, MG Johnson, GA Manou†, NM Hauritz, PM Siddle, DE Bolling

Watch NSW Vs Eagles Live Champions League T20 Cricket

Friday, Oct 9; Time:(16:00 local, 10:30 GMT)

Cornelius de Villiers against David Warner: Quick bowler de Villiers was Eagles' best bowler during the Pro20. He'll need to be in top form to stop big-hitting opener Warner, who announced himself with an explosive 89 off 43 balls on Twenty20 debut. A strike-rate of 140 after 30 matches underlines his dangerousness.

        Brett Lee's opening burst: After missing the Ashes due to injury, Lee has hit top gear in the one-dayers against England and the ICC Champions Trophy. Consistently hitting the late 140s, Lee was at his most destructive in the match at Lord's, where England were clueless against his pinpoint yorkers. A rigorous test awaits Eagles' batsmen.

To make the Champions League more prestigious, one change could be to increase the number of participating teams, something the governing council will decide on after the inaugural tournament. Modi and Kino ruled out a home-and-away format, like in the IPL and other domestic tournaments, because of the obvious difficulties in flying teams across the world on a daily basis.

       "As a global league it is very important to get crickets playing all around the world and give them the opportunity to play on different surfaces, in front of different fans and cultures," Modi said.

Eagles squad: HH Dippenaar*, RT Bailey, J Coetzee, CJD de Villiers, D du Preez, D Elgar, RR Hendricks, AK Kruger,AP McLaren†, R McLaren, PV Mpitsang, RR Rossouw, T Tshabalala, SC van Schalkwyk, MN van Wyk

New South Wales squad: SM Katich*, AC Bird, DE Bollinger, SR Clark, NM Hauritz, MC Henriques, PJ Hughes, SJC Keen, B Lee,SNJ O'Keefe, BJ Rohrer, DLR Smith†, SPD Smith, DJ Thornely, DA Warner

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"From this year itself the tournaments in countries like Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies will become more competitive. You'll see players who were not participating in domestic tournaments who will now take part and do well.

Before, once players graduated from their clubs, they became international players and if at all they went back to their clubs they hardly played a few games. But the rules of the Champions League are that you have to play for your club, and your club must win to participate here. You won't get a chance to be here unless you've not played for your club."

Dean Kino, head of business and legal affairs for the Champions League, said one positive fallout of this competition would be to give context to domestic cricket. "It increases the passion of grassroots cricketers to be involved for their states and provinces.

        If you look at the interest in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash in Australia and the IPL over the last six months, you will see that the result of going to the Champions League has been hugely stimulating. At the domestic level it will drive young cricketers to the game and that will build on domestic cricket and make it stronger."

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Lalit Modi, chairman of the Champions League Twenty20's governing council, is certain the tournament will result in the "rapid growth" of club cricket around the world. 
Modi also said there was a strong chance the Champions League would be taken to non-cricket playing countries as a means to expand the game's reach and get other countries to embrace cricket.

"The Champions League has been developed to embrace club cricket all round the world," he said on the day of the tournament launch in Bangalore. 
"It's a place where we can find young cricketers who then play for their national sides. The IPL is a great example of a domestic club-level tournament, and similarly nations around the world have club tournaments.

The objective here is not to make money, it is to build the game, to build club-level cricket, to find and nurture new talent. Money is not the criteria. 
The objective here is that we have some of the best players around the world and we hope that in years to come the Champions League comes to symbolise what the UEFA [version] is to football.

Watch Bangalore v Cape Cobras Live Champions League T20 Cricket

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        The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 gets underway at Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday with hosts and IPL runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore taking on Cape Cobras from South Africa. 

Cricket's first global inter-club tournament, it is the latest twist in a format that is only seven years but has established itself as the game's main money-spinner.

A mix of state, county, regional and franchise teams will battle it out for a US$ 6 million cash prize, with $2.5 million going to the winners. 

The unpredictability of the format is enhanced by the fact that there is little history between the teams, though many of the players would be familiar to each other as team-mates at some level.

There will certainly be a lot of anticipation in Bangalore, where the game itself is to be preceded by what the organisers claim will be a lavish ceremony featuring legendary Grammy award winner Chaka Khan and British pop star Jamelia. 

"It has been a while since Royal Challengers have played at home", Anil Kumble, the Bangalore captain, said. "It's almost a year now... more than a year. Everybody is looking forward to that and we will certainly take advantage of home support."

Watch Bangalore v Cape Cobras Live Champions League T20 Cricket

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     The first game of the very edition of the Champions League T20 tournament will be played at the M.Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore between the hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Cape Cobras.

This is a Group C encounter, with Otago Volts been the third side in the group.

I would have probably stuck my neck out and deemed the Cobras as favourites (11/8 at888Sport to win the game), even in this format, what with Graeme Smith leading the side.

Smith’s record as a T20 captain – and a batsman – has been excellent, and with the star-studded line-up like what the Cobras have, it may have become difficult for the opposition.

However, with fitness issues making him a non-availability for the tournament, the Royal Challengers (8/13 at Sky Bet to beat Cobras) will be my favourites to beat the Cobras.

In the absence of Smith, the Cobras will look up to Herschelle Gibbs (3/1 at Ladbrokes to become the best batsman for the Cobras) to provide them with the kind of start that could upset the calculations of the opposition bowlers.