Australian skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and chose to bat first against India, led by Rohit Sharma, in their second warm-up game of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021. Finch said that they bowled first in their first warm-up game against New Zealand, so just to change up the things a little bit, he wanted his batters to have a go first.
Finch said that it has been a long time since the group has been together so the warm-up games provide the opportunity to gel together as a unit and be ready for their first game against South Africa on Saturday, October 23.
Australia were resting pacer Josh Hazlewood, who played nine games in the second half of the recently concluded IPL along with wicket-keeper batter Josh Inglis and leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson.
India, on the other hand, rested regular skipper Virat Kohli along with pace duo of Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah.
Playing Squads
India (11 batting, 11 fielding): KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy
Australia (11 batting, 11 fielding): David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade(w), Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins
