India vs Australia first T20 match preview. Predicted XI, Match Details and many more.

 India coming back from a win in the last ODI will be confident enough to play Australia in the T20's. After 2 humiliating losses against Australia in the first 2 ODIs, India was able to bounce back in the 3rd ODI. India's last T20 series had been against New Zealand in their home where India whitewashed New Zealand 3-0. Whereas, Australia lost their last T20 series as they visited their arch-rivals England, to 2-1. 

India vs Australia 1st T20.
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Eying towards the major ICC tournament next year, both India and Australia should actually look to win this series and find the perfect players who can bring glory to their respective teams. With Rohit Sharma not being in the squad, India will have to worry about that opening spot but with the kind of performance KL Rahul gave in IPL, it seems he will be the perfect player to open tomorrow. On the other, Australia should also be worried about the absence of David Warner and should look to find a proper replacement for him. With both, the team with injury concerns, let's just check out the probable playing XI that can fit tomorrow's match.


Predicted playing XI:

India:
  1. KL Rahul
  2. Shikhar Dhawan
  3. Virat Kohli (c)
  4. Manish Pandey
  5. Sanju Samson(wk)
  6. Hardik Pandya 
  7. Ravindra Jadeja
  8. Mohd Shami
  9. T Natarajan
  10. Yuzi Chahal
  11. Jasprit Bumrah
India should look to play their best 11 players and win the first game and put Australia under pressure. Virat Kohli should not favor his RCB teammates, that is Navdeep Saini and Washinton Sundar. Though Sundar has displayed good bowling performance in IPL, it's not enough to get him a place in this series. Playing in Australian weather is very different from the UAE.

India vs Australia 1st T20, India tour of Australia.
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Australia:
  1. Aaron Finch(c)
  2. D'Arch Short
  3. Steven Smith
  4. Alex Carey(wk)
  5. Glenn Maxwell
  6. Moises Henriques
  7. Cameron Green
  8. Sean Abbott
  9. Adam Zampa
  10. Josh Hazlewood
  11. Mitchell Starc
Australia had a great ODI series, but the absence of Warner will affect the Aussies side. If Mitchell Starc is fit to play, he should be on the playing XI. The batting should not concern Australia if they get a start from D'Arch Short. In T20s' the opening not has to always play for 10 overs, it's enough if only 2 players from the batting lineup are able to pull it off.

Source - foxsports.com.au



When and Where to watch the match?

India vs Australia 1st ODI is scheduled to be telecasted in Sony Ten 1 and Sony Ten 3, you can also see the live stream of the match in Sony liv's official app having a premium account. The match will start at 1:40 pm. 

Pitch condition:

The Canberra pitch looked very balanced. It wasn't as batting friendly expected, it had good pace and spin in the pitch. But overall we can expect it to be a very high scoring match. 

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