Suryakumar Yadav finally won a toss on the tour of Australia, and the Indian captain’s reaction was one of pure elation as he hugged his Aussie counterpart, Mitchell Marsh.
India won the toss and chose
to bowl against Australia in the third T20 International at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Sunday.
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India made three changes to their playing XI, replacing Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, and Kuldeep Yadav with Jitesh Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, and Washington Sundar.
“We are going to bowl first. The ball will come on nicely to the bat in the 2nd innings. Happy to take it one game at a time. We have three changes – Jitesh, Arshdeep and Washington come in,” Suryakumar Yadav said after winning the toss.
Australia made one change, with Sean Abbott coming in for pacer Josh Hazlewood.
“It’s a belter of a wicket. Want to get off to a good start and post a big total. We have just the one change – Abbott is in for Hazlewood,” Mitch Marsh said at the toss.
The first T20I of the five-match series in Canberra was abandoned due to rain, while Australia emerged victorious in the second match. India aims to level the series in their first-ever T20I match in Hobart, while Australia strives to secure a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
IND vs AUS: Playing XIs
Australia: Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Matt Short, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Sean Abbott, and Matt Kuhnemann.
India: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, and Jasprit Bumrah.
(With inputs from Agencies)
