'Abhi toh khela hai inke saath March main' - Fans react to Australia touring India for three match ODI series prior to ODI World Cup 2023

The Indian team led by Rohit Sharma is now concentrating on getting ready for the 2023 ODI World Cup, which is scheduled to be contested in India in October and November. They recently lost to Australia at the Oval in London in the second World Test Championship final by a huge margin of 209 runs.

India has just six announced ODI matches left to concentrate on its selections and team building with a mere four months until the main event. India will host Australia for three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in September after playing three games versus West Indies in July-August. Although the Asia Cup in the ODI format is planned for September, the specific dates and locations have not yet been determined. 

India should have contested 12 ODI matches leading up to this year's World Cup if it were successful in winning the Asia Cup. Since winning the World Cup at home in 2011, India has been competing for its first title. The team lost in the semifinals against Australia in 2015 and at the same stage to New Zealand in 2019.

Australia is also not leaving any stone unturned in their attempt to go for their sixth World Cup title. In September, the five-match series between South Africa and Australia will serve as a good contest for the men's ODI World Cup. The matches are a part of Australia's eight-game limited-overs trip, which starts in late August with three Twenty20 Internationals in Durban. This will be the new T20 captain's first assignment after Aaron Finch retired from international play. This series has been scheduled before the India-Australia series in mid–September.

There are not going to be any Test matches on this tour, which merely prepares for the Test series that was postponed in early 2021 after Australia withdrew due to worries over Covid-19. According to the most recent FTP, it is going to be eight years until Australia plays a Test match in South Africa; the next tour is set for 2026. 

Fans react to Australia touring India for three-match ODI series prior to ODI World Cup 2023: -

India will be playing 3 ODIs against Australia in India just before the World Cup in September. pic.twitter.com/gu4DLk2XHW

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 27, 2023

I remember aisa hi series 2019 mai bhi khela tha
aur haar gaye the uss team se jis team mai warner smith nahi the..

first two match 2-0
next 3 match 2-3

India lost the series 2-3..

Ashton turner aaj tak yaad hai uske mare hue chakke 370 chase ke waqt

— Deep Naik (@DeepNai06079937) June 27, 2023

Bcci in trying to give practice matches to Indian team make them tired before a wc or there is ipl before a wc in both cases Indian players get tired of playing cricket.

— Hamza Azhar (@HamzaAz71) June 27, 2023

With how many centuries
Rohit , Gill and Virat will enter and start their CWC campaign ?

Current tally
Rohit - 30
Virat - 46
Gill - 3

— Hemantkashyap (@Hemantkashyappp) June 27, 2023

Nostalagic if u remember 2019 wc, we played against aus too bfr wc nd we lost the odo series in india

— Gamechanger (@Gamecha76954049) June 27, 2023

Rohit Sharma injury on cards

— ̴D̴̴e̴̴e̴̴p̴̴s̴  (@vkrcholic) June 27, 2023

So, warm matches for Aus against indian spinners. Maxwell 🥶

— Rushabh🙄 (@sidelowerGuy) June 27, 2023

Bilateral series has lost value now in cricket
Only bilateral series that can revive it is India Pakistan series

— Tahir (@15___blade) June 28, 2023

Rohit injury series ahead of world cup

— ĶÈĐĄŔ JÀĐHAV 2.0 (@kedarjfan101) June 27, 2023

I still feel Arshdeep should have been included in the ODI Squad for WI. In the absence of both Shami & Bumrah, this series could have been a decider of who would be the standby pacer (15+3)- Arshdeep or Umran.

Selecting Unadkat in ODIs over Arshdeep (if fit) makes little sense.

— Advaitya Chandhoke (@AdvaityaC) June 27, 2023

India lost last three ODI series which was against NZ, BAN and AUS and WI is loading

— Jaymin Diwanji (@JayminDiwanji) June 27, 2023

Aus play the 2nd 11. We thump them and then as usual get knocked out in the semis at the WC

— Siddhant Pradhan (@sidp22) June 27, 2023

India agar ye series haregi tabhi vo Australia ko worldcup me Hara payegi

— Rahul sharma🇮🇳 (@rahulshrm794) June 28, 2023