IND vs AUS 1st T20: Team India wears black band, keeps 2-min silence to honour Pulwama martyrs

Young wrist spinner from Punjab, Mayank Markande received his debut cap and will assist Yuzvendra Chahal and Krunal Pandya in the spin department

Indian head coach Ravi Shastri along with batting coach Sanjay Bangar, bowling Coach Bharat Arun and other support staff were seen wearing the black armbands

The BCCI has already announced a move to scrap the IPL opening ceremony and will be donating close to Rs 15 crore for the families of the martyred soldiers

The crowd present at the Vizag stadium chanted ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jay’ while remembering the martyred CRPF personnel

Earlier, Australia won the toss and invited India to bat

The crowd held banners to express their condolences to the CRPF men who lost their lives in the heinous Pulwama attack

There was a two-minute silence observed by the members of both the team after the national anthem

The players and the support staff paid homage to the Pulwama martyrs by donning black armbands

The Indian cricket team won a million hearts with its gesture in the opening T20I match against Australia in Vizag on Sunday