Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to field first in the third T20I of the five-match series against Australia being played at Bellerive Oval here on Sunday. The hosts currently lead the five-match series against the Men in Blue 1-0. The first match of the series between the two teams in Canberra was washed out due to rain, while the second T20I of the series played in Melbourne was won by the team captained by Mitchell Marsh by four wickets.
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The guests have made three changes in their line-up for this match. The Suryakumar Yadav-led team has included Arshdeep Singh, Jitesh Sharma and Washington Sundar in place of Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson and Kuldeep Yadav respectively. On the other hand, the Men in Yellow have made only one change to their team and have included Sean Abbott in place of Josh Hazlewood. After winning the toss, Suryakumar Yadav said, “We will bowl first. The ball will come easily to the bat in the second innings. Will be happy to focus on one-by-one matches. We have made three changes – Jitesh, Arshdeep and Washington have been included.”
At the time of the toss, Australian captain Mitchell Marsh said, “It’s a great wicket. We want to start well and score big. We’ve just made one change – Abbott has come in for Hazlewood.”
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Teams:
Australia (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann.
India (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah.