Toss will be key at Wankhede

Both captains will know that winning the toss could be the deciding factor as no team has lost a day-night one-day international at the Wankhede Stadium after scoring more than 226. In the last one-dayer played on this ground England won the thrilling encounter by five runs after scoring 255.

The last few matches on this ground have brought the spinners to the fore and India will be hoping for Harbhajan Singh to strike it rich. In the last match against England Harbhajan spun his web around the English batsmen with a controlled spell of 5 for 43. Anil Kumble too has had his moments at the Wankhede, when he destroyed the backbone of the Bangladesh batting with a spell of 3 for 17 in 1998.

The Australians will be weary of Sachin Tendulkar, playing in his own backyard, who averages 45.43 at this stadium and has begun the tri-series in blistering form. However they will take consolation from the fact that Tendulkar's last three matches here have yielded only 12, 33 and 2 respectively.

On this ground, the fast bowlers have been more successful while defending a total under lights than while bowling first. The average for the fast bowlers bowling second is 21.86 and is considerably lesser than the corresponding 31.45 while bowling first. The Australians will remember the last time they played here, during the 1996 World Cup, when the swing and nip of Damien Fleming (5 for 36) undid the Indian run-chase.

Considering that this pitch was re-laid for the Test match against the West Indies and this will be the first one-dayer played on the new turf, past performances may not count for much.