AUS vs IND 2025: "He's got two ducks" - Former Australia captain makes bold Virat Kohli prediction for 3rd ODI

The Indian batters have struggled so far in the ongoing ODI series against Australia. The pace and bounce that the likes of Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc generated from the tracks in Perth and Adelaide

were too hot to handle for Shubman Gill and Co. The Men in Blue lost the first two games in the three-match series and will look to salvage pride in the final encounter, which is set to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, October 25.

On the eve of the fixture, former Australian captain Michael Clarke opined that both Starc and Hazlewood would be in action, with the latter emerging with most wickets. The cricketer-turned-commentator also predicted that Virat Kohli, who registered ducks in the first two ODIs, would be the highest run-getter in the series finale.

“I'm going to say they'll stick with Starc and Hazlewood, and I'll go with Joshy for leading wicket-taker in the game. I've gone with Virat so far; he's got two ducks. I'm going to go with Virat Kohli for leading run-scorer in this game. Hazlewood leading wickets, and Virat leading run-scorer," Clarke said on the Beyond23 Cricket Podcast on Friday, October 24.

Clarke backed India to avoid a clean sweep on Saturday. He feels that a win for the tourists in the final ODI will serve as a shot in the arm for them as they gear up for the subsequent five-match T20I series against the Men in Yellow.

“And I'm going to say India win, so 2-1 India wins. I predicted 2-1 Australia, so I don't mind if India wins this game, one of my predictions, right? But yeah, look, I just hope it's a really good game of one-day cricket. India won't want to go home without a win, and like I say, you're leading into the T20s as well, so a lot of the players will go into that format wanting to take some confidence. I'm hoping it's a good game,” he added.