India vs Australia 1st T20 Match Playing 11, Full Squad: After losing the ODI series to Australia, India will look to start the T20I series against the hosts on a winning note at Canberra on Wednesday. The Indian T20I team are coming to this series on the back of an undefeated Asia Cup campaign where they were a cut above the rest of the teams in the tournament.
The Men in Blue are likely to not tinker much with their starting XIs that played most of the Asia Cup matches but in Australia’s fast and bouncy tracks, they have a conundrum on their hands. With Axar Patel and Washington Sundar likely to slot in as spinners due to their batting ability, India might have a difficult decision in playing either Kuldeep Yadav or pacer Arshdeep Singh. Jasprit Bumrah and Harshit Rana are expected starters in the pace department while Shivam Dube will slot in as the seam allrounder. It’ll be interesting to see if India lineup with which specialist bowler- the pace of Arshdeep or the spin magic of Kuldeep.
Here’s a look at IND vs AUS Predicted Playing XIs
Team IND predicted XI: Shubman Gill (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh/Kuldeep Yadav.
AUS predicted XI: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Short, Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Tanveer Sangha.
India vs Australia ODI squads
Australia Squad: Mitchell Marsh(c), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Tim David, Josh Inglis(w), Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Sean Abbott, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Philippe, Nathan Ellis, Tanveer Sangha, Ben Dwarshuis
India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Jitesh Sharma
