India vs Australia 5th T20 Match Playing 11, Full Squad: With India taking an unassailable 2-1 lead in the 5-match T20I series against Australia, the 5th and final match on Saturday might see the visitors ring in a few changes. The Men in Blue might opt to bring in Sanju Samson, who hasn’t played since the 2nd match, in place of Jitesh Sharma who scored 22 and 3 in the 3rd and 4th matches respectively.
Also, with the South Africa series starting next week, the team management might opt to rest speedster Jasprit Bumrah and bring in Harshit Rana. The team management might even give a chance to Nitish Reddy and Rinku Singh in order to help them stay in the match condition in this match. That means Washington Sundar and Shivam Dube might be rested.
As for Australia, they might opt to stick with Ben Dwarshuis even though he went wicketless in the last match. This might be due to Gabba traditionally favouring seamers instead of spinners. Glenn Maxwell, who returned in the 4th T20I is also likely to retain his place in the 5tha and final match in Brisbane.
Here’s a look at the IND vs AUS Predicted Playing XIs:
IND predicted XI: Shubman Gill (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Sanju Samson, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
AUS predicted XI: Mitchell Marsh (c), Matthew Short, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Ben Dwarshuis.
Squads:
Australia Squad: Mitchell Marsh(c), Matthew Short, Josh Inglis(w), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Xavier Bartlett, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha, Mahli Beardman
India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shivam Dube, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana
