IND vs AUS 1st T20 Playing 11: Sundar, Dube, Avesh & Jitesh not playing

India vs Australia 1st T20 Playing 11: Australia have not picked World Cup winners Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa. Sports 18 to live broadcast the India vs Australia 1st T20 in India.

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India vs Australia 1st T20 live score and match updates

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India vs Australia T20 International series. Photo: Sportzpics for BCCI

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India vs Australia 1st T20 Playing 11 live updates: Aussies XIs today

Australia (Playing XI): Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w/c), Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha

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India vs Australia 1st T20 Playing 11 live updates: India XIs today

India (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna

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India vs Australia 1st T20 Playing 11 live updates: These four players not playing today

Sundar, Avesh, Dube and Jitesh misses out.

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India vs Australia 1st T20 Playing 11 live updates: Surya wins the toss

Suryakumar Yadav wins the toss and elects to bowl first.

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1st T20: India vs Australia Predicted Playing 11

India Playing 11 probable: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal/Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube/Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar.

 

Australia Playing 11 probable: Mathew Wade, Travis Head, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Aaron Hardie, Nathan Ellis, Kane Richardson/Sean Abbott, Jason Behrendorff, Adam Zampa.

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India vs Australia head-to-head T20s

India and Australia have played 26 T20 International matches against each other. Out of the 26 matches, India emerged victorious on 15 occasions, while one game ended without a result.

Total matches played: 26

India won: 15

Australia won: 10

No result: 1

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We must move forward; life continues: Kuldeep on World Cup heartbreak

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Young brigade is ready to roll

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"It's time to move on": Axar Patel on India's World Cup final "heartbreak"

India all-rounder Axar Patel believes it is time for the Men in Blue to "move on" from the heartbreak of the World Cup final defeat against Australia ahead of their first match of the T20I series against Australia.

Axar missed the recently concluded ODI World Cup owing to an injury that he suffered during the Asia Cup. However, he's back in the side for the five-match T20I series against Australia starting in Visakhapatnam on Thursday evening.

The 29-year-old talked about India's defeat in the final and the opportunity for the youngsters to prove that they belong in the team.

"Everyone knows that we suffered a heartbreak in the World Cup final. But it's time to move on. We have a young team that will play Australia in the T20Is. All of us are keen to prove that we belong here. There's a lot of energy in the team. It's just that we have only 10-11 T20 international matches to go before the T20 World Cup to make an impression. So, all of us have been told to play according to our strengths. There's no need for us to do something brand new. We have been told to express ourselves and move ahead. We have five matches against Australia and all of us know that they are a good side. We are not going to put ourselves under undue pressure. We will try and enjoy the games we play," Axar told JioCinema.
 

Axar Patel

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India vs Australia 1st T20 Playing 11 live updates: Predicted XIs

India Probable XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (C), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan

Australia Probable XI: Matthew Short, Travis Head, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade (c, wk), Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Glenn Maxwell/Aaron Hardie, Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa/Tanveer Sangha, Jason Behrendorff
 

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India Vs Aus T20: Only two journalists at Press Conference leaves Surya surprised

Before debuting as India's T20 captain, Suryakumar Yadav held a pre-match press conference on Wednesday, November 22. Still, to his surprise, only two reporters showed up, according to a Hindustan Times (HT) report.

Today, India and Australia will play the first T20 match of the five-match T20 series in Vishakhapatnam. Given the low turnout of journalists at a prime event like the Indian men's cricket team press conference at home, it appears that the ICC World Cup has taken a toll on the energy of players and journalists alike. 

How many journalists normally attend Indian cricket teams' press conferences?

While there is no official data on the number of journalists attending press conferences, the latest event is undoubtedly among the ones with the lowest attendance of media persons.

Tap here to read what happened at the press conference

Suryakumar Yadav. Photo: PTI

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IND vs AUS T20 Preview: India's young stars face 1st real test in Vizag

Suryakumar Yadav will have to suppress the massive disappointment of a World Cup final defeat somewhere in the deeper confines of his heart while leading a sprightly bunch of 'Gen-Next' stars against a strong Australian side in a five-match T20 International series, starting here on Thursday.
 

The scars of defeat are too deep and it would take time for those wounds to heal.

With just around 96 hours of turnaround time from World Cup to the next series, it hardly leaves 'SKY' with any chance of introspection as he gets ready to play his favourite format.

As the captain of the side, he will not only want to win the series but also check out some of the best young Indian exponents of the shortest format, who will be on trial for next year's ICC T20 World Cup in June and July in the Americas (West Indies and USA)

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Suryakumar Yadav. Photo: ANI

 

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India vs Australia 1st T20 Playing 11 live updates

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