
India vs Australia T20I: The Australia men’s cricket team are touring India to play five T20I matches in November 2023. Recently in the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup, Australia won against India by 6 wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
In September 2023, the Australian team toured India to play three ODI matches. India won the first two ODI matches and Australia won third match of the series. This series was part of both teams’ preparation for the 2023 World Cup which concluded on Nov 19.
Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming bilateral T20I series between India and Australia:
1st T20I: Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
2nd T20I: Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
3rd T20I: Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
4th T20I: Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
5th T20I: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
All five T20I matches will take place at the same time at 7:00 pm IST (1:30 pm GMT) on respective days.
1st T20I: Vishakhapatnam – Nov 23, Thursday
2nd T20I: Thiruvananthapuram – Nov 26, Sunday
3rd T20I: Guwahati – Nov 28, Tuesday
4th T20I: Raipur – Dec 01, Friday
5th T20I: Bengaluru – Dec 03, Sunday
Ahead of the T20I series, Suryakumar Yadav has been named the Indian team’s captain for the five-match tournament. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad has been named as vice-captain for the series against the newly-crowned ODI champions.
The hosts picked only three players from the ODI World Cup 2023 squad- Prasidh Krishna, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav. Shreyas Iyer will join the squad for the last two T20Is as vice-captain.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya will continue to miss the series due to an ankle injury during the World Cup 2023 league matches against Bangladesh. Sanju Samson does not find a place in the squad.
On the Australian side, the veteran opener David Warner will not play in the T20I series against India. The all-rounder Aaron Hardie will play as a replacement for Warner in the five-match series and will make his T20I debut.
India (IND): Suryakumar Yadav (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Shreyas Iyer (last two matches only)
Australia (AUS): Matthew Wade (c), Aaron Hardie, Jason Behrendorff, Sean Abbott, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matt Short, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
The India vs Australia T20 series will be broadcast live on Sports18 and Colors Cineplex, while the live stream of the match will be available on the JioCinema app and website.
(With inputs from agencies)