Series on the line for under-pressure India

You travel 7286 kilometers, over two hours ahead in time, to apparently the most secluded city on the planet, where your batsmen heap up runs however you don't verge on protecting 309. So you travel another 4338 kilometers from Perth to Brisbane, an additional two hours ahead in time, rack up another enormous score and still don't verge on guarding 308. Presently there are 1676 kilometers to Melbourne, one more hour ahead in time, to get up the following morning to check whether the bowlers can improve and spare India from losing the arrangement in six days. 

MS Dhoni, however, appears to have requested that his batsmen accomplish all the more, maybe in light of the fact that he doesn't expect better from his bowlers and defenders: it doesn't make a difference on the off chance that you get out for 280 attempting to go for 340, yet don't try protecting 310. On the other hand simply request that the batsmen pursue whatever the bowlers surrender. 

Australia is no more outsider to India due to these incessant visits however Steven Smith's side, in spite of handling a third-decision assault, have given them an impolite welcome. Playing a physical diversion, Australia have demonstrated that their defenders' arms are more grounded, their batsmen run harder, and they are more mindful. India are an amazing handling unit on littler grounds, yet Australia have uncovered their arms and information of edges by running them teased vast outfields. 

Australia won't be stressing a lot of when they achieve Melbourne on Saturday, yet they might want a solid execution from no less than one of their bowlers. 

Structure guide 

Australia: WWWLL (last five finished matches, latest first) India: LLLWL 

In the spotlight 

Aaron Finch has been the exemption to Australia's technique for out-running India. He is one of the more obvious Australian batsmen, however as he appeared in sprinting from 38 off 66 balls to 71 off 81 in Brisbane, his energy hitting has merciless potential. He rediscovered his touch amid that innings and on the off chance that he goes ahead with that, India haven't seen the most exceedingly bad yet. 

Shikhar Dhawan can't without much of a stretch be dropped in light of the fact that India have just five built up authority batsmen in their squad. Be that as it may, at his second home, Melbourne, Dhawan will need to deliver more than what he has been recently on the grounds that blades are honing. The uplifting news for the quickest Indian to 2000 ODI runs, however, is that he has got his skipper's support. Right now is an ideal opportunity when the commander needs him to come great. 

The group will undoubtedly be an argument after the BBL Melbourne derby at the MCG had 80,883 observers. To put the number in context, the 2015 World Cup last, which holds the record for the greatest group at a cricket match, got 93,013. The gathering match in the middle of India and South Africa was viewed by 86,876 at the ground. With the BBL on, the weight is on this respective arrangement with little connection: the initial two ODIs enlisted not exactly stellar reaction from fans, particularly when contrasted with a percentage of the Big Bash attendances. 

Group news 

Australia held the administrations of John Hastings, who could play at his home ground after the selectors chose to rest Josh Hazlewood for the rest of the home summer. Mitchell Marsh's rebound to the squad will leave Australia with an intriguing decision: which of the four quicks from the Brisbane diversion does he supplant? Kane Richardson may be the one to pass up a major opportunity in the wake of spilling keeps running at a higher rate than the others. 

Australia (plausible) 1 Aaron Finch, 2 Shaun Marsh, 3 Steven Smith (capt), 4 George Bailey, 5 Glenn Maxwell, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Matthew Wade (wk), 8 James Faulkner, 9 John Hastings, 10 Scott Boland, 11 Joel Paris 

Dhoni everything except precluded playing Rishi Dhawan or running with less than two spinners. Shikhar Dhawan, as well, has his sponsorship. Manish Pandey can't be forgotten without giving him even one appropriate innings. So anticipate that India will play the same XI. The main change may be Bhuvneshwar Kumar coming in for Umesh Yadav. 

India (conceivable) 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Ajinkya Rahane, 5 Manish Pandey, 6 MS Dhoni (capt and wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 Umesh Yadav/Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 Barinder Sran. 

Pitch and conditions 

In the five ODIs at the MCG amid the 2015 World Cup, the side batting initially came to 300 serenely four times. Just in the last did New Zealand vacillate. These from Hastings, a neighborhood, are disastrous words for bowlers: "The white-ball wickets have been phenomenal at the MCG this year all through the Big Bash. They've really had more pace in them than normal. I think it will be another high-scoring issue." 

Details and trivia 

Australia last lost a home ODI in November 2014. They have now gone 17 home ODIs without losing, one shy of the longest unbeaten streak at home. On the off chance that the washout against India in Sydney a year ago is marked down, this triumphant dash of 16 is the joint longest. 

Rohit Sharma's 124 at the Gabba was his littlest hundred as an opener. His seven different hundreds of years as an opener have been greater than 137. 

India are just the third group to have lost back to back matches in spite of scoring 300 in each of them. 

Cites 

"There are two choices: either put weight on [our] batsmen and score 330 or pursue down the score, give them the batting first. These are the main two alternatives we have. We will observe and choose what suits us the best." 

India chief MS Dhoni doesn't think his bowlers and defenders can guard 300 in these conditions 

"We had discovered in Perth that our knocking down some pins assault has had less recreations than Mitchell Johnson independent from anyone else. So it is a genuine credit with the way the folks are putting forth a concentrated effort." 

Australia opener Aaron Finch backs his side's freshman assault