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India’s new T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to field first against Matthew Wade-led Australia in the first T20I of the five-T20I series at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on November 23.
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“We will bowl first. The wicket looks good, dew should come later and should make the pitch better. It's a little difficult, but there's always light at the end of the tunnel. Lots of positives and looking forward to the series. The guys have played a lot of franchise and domestic cricket, just told them to express and enjoy themselves. Washington, Shivam and Avesh are sitting out,” Suryakumar said at the coin toss.
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Wade rested three players from Australia’s World Cup-winning members who were a part of the playing XI in the final.
“We would have bowled first as well, looks a bit tacky and dew could come later. Always an opportunity for young players to play in India, just around 10-12 matches for the next WC and we're looking forward to it. Some WC guys are resting - Maxwell, Zampa and Head are not playing tonight,” Wade said after losing the toss.
India and Australia have locked horns in 26 T20Is. India have a better record with 15 wins. Australia have won 10 out of these games and one match could not produce a result.
India Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan(wk), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna
Australia Playing XI: Matthew Short, Steve Smith, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(c & wk), Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha
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