India vs Australia Betting Tips: The Australia tour of India 2023 will now be focusing on limited-overs cricket. The two teams will square off against each other in three One Day Internationals followed by three T20 Internationals. The first game between the two sides will be conducted at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 17, Friday. 

Australia will be playing without Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, but they have included David Warner and Glenn Maxwell in the team. Speaking of India, they will be without Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer. Sharma will be missing the game because of personal reasons while Iyer has been ruled out due to injury. 

Meanwhile, India and Australia will be locking horns with each other in the One Day format series after a long time. Their last series against each other came in 2020 and India lost it by 1-2. 

Here we are discussing some betting tips for India vs Australia 1st ODI that might help you make good money. 

We are backing the former Indian skipper Virat Kohli to do well in the Friday match. He was good in the Test format, with a total of 297 runs to his name in six innings at an average of 49.50. Kohli has been excellent in the One Day format, with a whopping 12809 runs under his belt in 271 innings at an average of 57.7 and a strike rate of over 93.77. He also has a whopping 64 fifties and 46 centuries to his name.

The Australian skipper Steve Smith will be the player to watch out for in the first One Day International. In the absence of Pat Cummins, Smith will be leading the side and the captaincy pressure can do wonders for his personal form as well. Smith could not do well in the Test format as he ended up scoring only 145 runs in seven innings at an average of 29.00. However, the top-order batter has incredible numbers in the ODI format. He has scored a total of 5610 runs in 139 One Day Internationals at an average of 45.11 and a strike rate of over 87. 

Mohammed Siraj has been the top player for the Indian team in the One Day Internationals in the past few months. In 21 matches, he has picked 38 wickets at an economy rate of 4.62 and an average of 20.76. Thus, the odds are in the favor of the seamer doing well on Friday. 

In the absence of Pat Cummins, the responsibility will lie on the shoulders of Mitchell Starc to handle the bowling unit. He has been wonderful in international cricket in the past few years and is one of the top players for the team. 

India won the four-match Test series by 2-1 and thus the momentum will be on their side to score a win on Friday as well. Also, they have picked up a solid squad with a perfect mix of batters, bowlers, and all-rounders.