Finch identifies Mayank Agarwal as Hitman's replacement, says 'he has been in great form'

As India gear up to lock horns with Australia on Friday morning in first ODI of three-match series, Men in Blue will be without ir star performer Rohit Sharma, who has been rested for both limited-overs series. While Aussies will be delighted to face Indian team without talisman Rohit Sharma, skipper Aaron Finch has identified possible replacement and exuded confidence in his side to get better of Virat Kohli & Co. Australian skipper also spoke of his experience with Virat Kohli in Bangalore campaign and labelled Indian skipper as best ODI player of all time. 

Speaking of Rohit Sharma's injury ahead of first ODI, Finch said, "He is obviously a great player and someone who has had quite a bit of success against us in past. It (Rohit's injury) is unfortunate. You want to play against best players all time but whoever he is going to replace him, possibly Mayank, he has been in great form as well. So you take away a lot of experience but you also bring in ar quality player."

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When asked if he ticed any weaknesses in Virat Kohli during IPL 2020, Finch said, "He doesn't have too many to be honest. If you look at his record it is second to ne. We have to keep looking to get him out. When you go away from that and look to contain players you can sort of miss a trick re. re are t too many chinks in his armour, he is probably best one day player of all time."

Australian skipper also expressed confidence in his side's balance, however, he also agreed that it would be a bit difficult for all-rounders to bowl out in absence of Mitchell Marsh. "I really like balance of our side at moment, don't get me wrong...What Maxi has shown in T20 cricket, in particular, is that his bowling keeps improving all time and Stoinis has proved that as well with amount of exposure he has had over past couple of years bowling in death," he said. 
A limited number of fans will be allowed into stadium for entire series against India comprising ODIs, T20s, and Tests. Finch is excited about ir return.

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India tour of Australia 

India will kick off ir tour to Australia with a three-match ODI series starting on Friday, 27 vember, followed by as many T20Is and four Tests. T20Is will be played in Canberra (4 December) and Sydney (6, 8 December). ODI series will also be significant as it will be a part of ICC Super League.

first Test will be a day/night affair, from 17-21 December at Adelaide Oval. Melbourne Cricket Ground (26-30 December) will host Boxing Day Test, before action moves to Sydney Cricket Ground (7-11 January) and Gabba (15-19 January). 

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• Australia ODI squad: Aaron Finch (Captain), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matw Wade (wicketkeeper), David Warner, Adam Zampa.
• India ODI squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper).

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(With PTI Inputs)