The third game of the Super Eight stage and the 15th game of the ICC World T20 will see the Indian side take on Australia in a crucial game. The match will be played on a rather pitch in Barbados and that will mean that the pace bowling will be the key here.

Australia have already played one game here against Bangladesh and they will relish the surface much more than India will do. The pitch has pace, bounce and carry and has tested the best of the batsmen, including their own, the Australians. In their game against Bangladesh, Australia had struggled against the bounce that the spinners had got on the surface and that meant that the side were, at one stage, 65/6 and in a deep hole before Michale Hussey rescued them from the quagmire.

After that, the Bangladeshis were no match to the bowling of Shaun Tait and Dirk Nannes.

To me, it looks like the bigger worry for the Indian batsmen at the top will be Nannes and not Tait. Tait's inability to bowl the lines and lengths on a consistent basis has always been a problem for him and his extra pace will allow the batsmen to get on top of him. The major issue is with Nannes, who has the ability to bowl the line and length along with the pace of more than 140 km/hr.

It also remains to be seen whether Mitchell Johnson is fit for the game and if he does get fit after missing out on the previous encounter, it will get very interesting for the Indians.

India had an excellent couple of games, and could hardly be faulted for the manner in which they batted and bowled. However, the pitch on which they played at Guyana, was an excellent one for batting and the batsmen took full toll of the same. Gautam Gambhir had failed in the first game and then missed out on the second game, which was due to an injury. He should be back for this game, and as should Zaheer Khan, who was rested to get in an extra spinner, Piyush Chawla.

From the batting perspective, Dinesh karthik will go out. But the bigger news is that Yuvraj Singh looks to be getting back into form and will look to make a move in the Super Eight stage; what better than against an old foe, the Australians, to make your mark!

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