Men in Blue will lock horns with Australia for the T20I series starting 4th December. Both sides will play three games T20I series before heading to the Tests. India will try to keep their winning run momentum while Australia will leave no stone unturned to bounce back.
In the absence of Pat Cummins and David Warner, the Australian side will definitely be much weaker but they still have some match winners. While India will look forward to raising the bar and clinch the series.
Australia vs India T20I Match Prediction, Preview, Playing 11:
Match: Australia vs India 1st T20I
Day/Date: Friday, 04th December 2020
Time: 1:40 PM (08:10 AM GMT / 07:10 PM LOCAL)
Venue: Manuka Oval, Canberra
Pitch Report from Manuka Oval, Australia:
Keeping in mind the shorter formats, both sides will keep hunting for the runs. Australia’s Capital as we have seen in the previous game supports batsmen. A lot of run showers is clearly expected. However, the temperature drop will be seen in the evening.
Australia vs India Broadcasting and Telecast:
Live Streaming: Sony Liv (Indian Subcontinent)
TV: Sony Six, Sony Ten1, Sony Ten3, and DD Sports.
Australia vs India 1st T20I Playing 11:
Australia:
Aaron Finch (c), Matthew Wade, Steve Smith, Moises Henriques, Alex Carey (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Ashton Agar, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc/Andrew Tye, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa.
Full Squad:
Aaron Finch(c), Matthew Wade, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques, Alex Carey(w), Ashton Agar, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Andrew Tye, Marnus Labuschagne, D Arcy Short, Cameron Green, Daniel Sams, Marcus Stoinis.
India:
Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul (wk), Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja/Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah.
Full Squad:
Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul(w), Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mayank Agarwal, Sanju Samson, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Shami.
Australia vs India Fantasy Tips:
Aaron Finch, KL Rahul, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Glenn Maxwell, Ravindra Jadeja, Aston Agar, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Josh Hazlewood.
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