IND vs AUS, 3rd T20I: Indian Skipper Virat Kohli Wins Toss, Elects To Bowl First Against Australia At SCG

Virat Kohli led-India will be lock horns with Australia in the third and final match of the 3-match T20 International series shortly at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney. The match is scheduled for a 1:40 pm (IST) start.

Having already clinched the series, Virat Kohli-led 'Men In Blue' are eyeing a hat-trick of wins against the 'Aussies' and looking to  complete a series whitewash over the hosts. India had clinched the 3-match series with a 6-wicket win over the hosts in the second T20I at SCG on December 6.

Toss Update: Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney where the conditions are pretty cold and windy. On expected lines, India are fielding the same playing XI and stuck to their winning combination.

Good news for Australia as their regular T20I skipper and seasoned opener Aaron Finch is back to lead the hosts. Meanwhile all-rounder Marcus Stoinis won't feature in the game. The Aussies look a bit weak in the seam bowling department with Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins not there.

Here is what the skippers had to say 

Virat Kohli (Indian Skipper): We are going to bowl. Shorter boundaries and we had a good game last time and for the bowling line-up as well we wanted to be more professional and test ourselves. It's been a really good year for us in terms of T20 cricket, if we keep staying ahead of the opposition, and as a group we want to make sure we keep getting those results and win games of cricket.

Aaron Finch (Australian Skipper) : We would have bowled first as well. It's a used wicket and hopefully we'll bat well tonight. We did see a bit of turn in the last game and expect the spinners to play key role in the middle overs. Only one change. I come in and Stoinis is out



Here are the Playing XIs for the two teams

India (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan, Yuzvendra Chahal

Australia (Playing XI): Aaron Finch(c), Matthew Wade(w), Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, D Arcy Short, Moises Henriques, Daniel Sams, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Swepson, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa

Here are the complete squads for India and Australia in the 3-match T20I series

India T20I squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan.

Australia T20 Squad: Aaron Finch (Captain), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), David Warner, Adam Zampa.