This is the preview for the first match starting on Boxing Day between Australia and India. Cricketfiles is pleased to cover in depth analyses of this series. We hope you will enjoy reading this preview just as much as we enjoyed writing it!

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The atmosphere in tomorrow’s first encounter between Australia and India is expected to be electric. Cricket fans all around the world hope with bated breath that this will be a competitive series.

It does have reason to be competitive. India in the past three or four years have transformed into an admirable Test side, sharing the opposite fate really to their arch rivals Pakistan. It is a wonder how India since 2003 until 2007 were considered to be an average ODI side whereas Pakistan were considered more competent in the international arena. However, this year has seen India catapult to a respectable ODI status and the Indian team has never looked more confident in Tests. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s performance in both ODI’s and Tests has plummeted this year.

Coming back to tomorrow’s match, India have reason to be confident. In the last 3 series the teams have played, India have won 4 matches and Australia have won 4 matches too. This is something the Indians can take with them in the first Test.

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