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  26 Nov 2023, 20:20

Australia opt to bowl against India in second T20 

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Nov 26, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Australia skipper 
Matthew Wade won the toss and elected to field against India Sunday as they 
look to level the series in the second Twenty20 international.

The tourists, who lost the first of the five-match series four days after 
being crowned champions of the ODI World Cup, have made two changes in 
Thiruvananthapuram.

World Cup heroes including leg-spinner Adam Zampa and all-rounder Glenn 
Maxwell return to the team in place of Jason Behrendorff and Aaron Hardie.

India come in unchanged from their thrilling two-wicket win last week under 
captain Suryakumar Yadav.

Suryakumar and Ishan Kishan are the only two Indian players from their ODI 
World Cup team, which went into the final undefeated only to lose by six 
wickets in Ahmedabad.

Teams

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav 
(capt), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, 
Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna

Australia: Steven Smith, Matthew Short, Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Tim 
David, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade (capt, wk), Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, 
Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha

Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (IND), KN Ananthapadmanabhan (IND)

TV Umpire: Nitin Menon (IND)

Match Referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)