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Ind vs Aus 1st T20: The five-match T20 series between India and Australia (Ind vs Aus 1st T20) has started today. Today the first T20 match is being played between India and Australia. In the first T20 match, Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first. So Team India made some surprising changes.
In the first T20 match against Australia, Arshdeep Singh, who took the most wickets in T20 from India, was not given a place in the playing XI (Ind vs Aus 1st T20 Playing XI). Arshdeep has taken 101 wickets for India in T20Is. Harshit Rana has been played as an all-rounder in the first T20 match against Australia due to his good batting performance in the ODI series. Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar and Rinku Singh were also not named in the playing XI. Moreover, Nitish Kumar Reddy was ruled out of the first three T20Is due to injury.
India field three spinners- (Ind vs Aus 1st T20 Playing XI)
Indian team fielded three spinners in the first T20 match. Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel are all playing in this match. All three are quality spinners and can trouble Australia’s batsmen.
India-Australia squad for 1st T20I- (Ind vs Aus 1st T20)
Team India
Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty and Jasprit Bumrah.
Here’s a look at #TeamIndia‘s Playing XI ahead of the 1st T20I 🙌
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Team Australia – (Team Australia)
Mitchell Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Phillippe, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhneman and Josh Hazlewood.
India vs Australia T20 Series Schedule- (Ind vs Aus T20 Schedule)
1st T20: October 29 – Manuka Oval, Canberra
2nd T20 : 31 October – Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
3rd T20I: November 2 – Blundstone Arena, Hobart
4th T20I: November 6 – Gold Coast
5th T20I: November 8 – Brisbane
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