IND vs AUS / In the first T20, India won the toss and chose bowling - see playing 11

IND vs AUS: The first match of the 5 T-20 match series between India and Australia is going to start at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Team India has decided to bowl after winning the toss.

Both teams

Australia: Matthew Wade (captain/wk), Steve Smith, Matthew Short, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardy, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Shaun Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanvir Sangha.

India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna and Mukesh Kumar.

India has a chance for third consecutive win

Keeping in view the T20 World Cup to be played next year, now the focus of all the teams is on T20. If India wins today's match, it will be its third consecutive T20 win over Australia. If the host team wins the series then it will be the third consecutive series win over the Kangaroo team. India had won the last two series played in 2020 and 2022.