Aaron Finch aims to get India's Top 3 cheaply

Australian skipper Aaron Finch on Friday said Indian batting is heavily reliant on its topthree and his team will be looking to exploit that weakness in the threematch ODI series beginning here on Saturday Finch said his sides target will be to dismiss Indias topthree batsmen Shikhar Dhawan Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli cheaplyOver the last 12 months Virats averaged 133 Shikhar 75 and Rohit 50 so theres a lot of runs and balls faced from their top three Its important to get them as early as you can because once they get in they score fast and they dont seem to get out too easily said Finch on Friday With the success of the toporder the middleorder comprising M S Dhoni has not been tested enoughDinesh Karthik Kedar Jadhav Dhoni these guys that can all play their part as well The top three are very important but you cant just look at that otherwise theres someone else that will catch you offguard and get the job done as well said Finch Like India Australia will kick off their 2019 World Cup preparations in Sydney albeit they have a Test series against Sri Lanka in between The hosts announced their playing eleven for the series opener as per norm with keeperbatsman Alex Carey set to open the batting with FinchThe batting runs deep with Glenn Maxwell at number seven Its just an opportunity to see Alex play in a position hes done quite bit in Big Bash and oneday cricket Hes been shuffled around the order a bit in the last little while we are trying to search for that process and right balance of the side Weve got three games here which will be very tough then straight to India for five ODIs then Pakistan so thats a very tough 13 games then a few warmup and practice games against New Zealand The absence of the suspended David Warner and Steve Smith has unsettled the Australian battingThese are still best part of 18 games to get that right While it would have been great to have a settled side for the last 1218 months its still enough time to get it right and make sure come that World Cup that we are ready to go with a really balanced and settled side he said Finch said that the ODI series is a chance for their batting lineup to start afresh after the collective failure in the previous outingsWhen asked about Jasprit Bumrahs absence as the pacer has been rested for this series Finch replied Bumrah has played a huge part for their oneday side or all their sides Bhuvneshwar Kumar is someone who has had success at all levels as well The two spinners have played a huge role in Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal over the last month as well Theres no real weak links in their side Theyve got an extra spin option in the squad with Jadeja Kedar who can bowl some offspin Bumrah has been replaced by Mohammad Siraj with others in the pace department including Khaleel Ahmed and Mohammad ShamiThey India have got left rightarm spin legspin offspin so theyve got plenty of options They play their own conditions very well but I think the amount of times theyre winning away from home in the shorter formats is a credit to them Australia have rested their own primary pacers Mitchell Starc Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood with oldtimer Peter Siddle returning to the side after a gap of eight yearsFor Siddle to go away and work on the skills that hes brought to the table over the last couple of years in Big Bash cricket is outstanding He probably went with a real redball focus for a long time there and probably neglected the oneday skills Then to come back and have an eightweek period last year where he just focused on skills for the white ball and how quickly he improved was unbelievable Finch addedCatch up on all the latest T20 news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever