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Australia is currently playing India in the third and final ODI match in Sydney. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. They are currently 145 for 3 after 28 overs. India is already down 0-2 in the series and is facing a potential clean sweep.

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Australia Batting First in Sydney, Aiming for Clean Sweep Against India

Sydney, Australia – Australia won the toss and chose to bat in the third and final One Day International (ODI) against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. After 28 overs, the home side is currently 145 for 3, with Matt Renshaw and Alex Carey at the crease.

India, led by captain Shubman Gill, has lost its 18th consecutive ODI toss. After having a poor showing on the field, India is staring down the barrel of a possible clean sweep, having already lost the first two matches of the series. Australia won the second match by just 2 wickets after having already beat India by 7 wickets.

Early wickets fell for Australia with Travis Head (29) caught off Mohammed Siraj’s bowling. Captain Mitchell Marsh followed by getting bowled out on 41 by Axar Patel. Washington Sundar then caught out Matthew Short (30) thanks to a catch by Virat Kohli.

Australia have made one change to their lineup, bringing in Nathan Ellis in place of Xavier Bartlett. India made two changes to their squad, replacing Nitish Reddy and Arshdeep Singh with Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna.

The pressure is on India to avoid a whitewash in the series.

India XI: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj.

Australia XI: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Matt Renshaw, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Owen, Cooper Connolly, Nathan Ellis, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

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