Toss India selected to bowl vs Australia
India’s Umesh Yadav, who broke a three-year drought between T20Is on Tuesday, has additionally been pushed to the bench.
In a single day rain had left the outfield water-logged and though the climate had been utterly clear on the day of the match, play needed to be postponed by two and a half hours whereas the groundstaff tried to get issues prepared.
The foremost concern for umpires Nitin Menon and KN Ananthapadmanabhan was an space at vast mid-on, which gave means underfoot and created the potential for damage. Even when the officers lastly made the choice to let the match go forward at 8.50pm IST, they did so saying “though the circumstances aren’t good, they’re protected to play.”
In keeping with the revised taking part in circumstances, no bowler can bowl greater than two overs, which may even be the size of the powerplay in every innings.
Australia: 1 Aaron Finch (capt), 2 Cameron Inexperienced, 3 Steven Smith, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Tim David, 6 Matthew Wade (wk), 7 Pat Cummins, 8 Daniel Sams, 9 Sean Abbott, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Josh Hazlewood
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 KL Rahul, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Dinesh Karthik, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Harshal Patel, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal