Aaron Finch-led Australian team will aim to start their India tour on a winning note as they are set to take on Men-in-Blue on Sunday in their first T20 International match of the two-match series.
From former Aussie skipper Steven Smith and his deputy David Warner getting banned for one year by CA in the wake of a ball-tampering scandal to the Oz team losing their first ever Test series against India in their own backyard, the Australians had a troubled year both on and off the field.
The series opener between India and Australia will be played at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. The match will start at 7 pm (IST).
Meanwhile, the Indian team will aim to get back on the winning track after suffering a 1-2 loss at the hands of New Zealand in the recently concluded three-match T20I series.
Ahead of India vs Australia 1st T20I, here is everything you want to know:
Date: February 24, 2019 (Sunday).
Venue: Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Time: 7:00 pm IST.
Live Broadcast: Star Sports network.
Live Streaming: Hotstar.
Squads:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (v-c), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Krunal Pandya, Vijay Shankar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Sidharth Kaul, Mayank Markande.
Australia: Aaron Finch (c), D’Arcy Short, Pat Cummins, Alex Carey, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Peter Handscomb, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Turner, Adam Zampa.