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Australia won the draw against India and chose to deploy
Resplendent in a uniform with an Aboriginal design, Australian captain Aaron Finch won the draw and chose to send India to beat in the first T20I of a three-game series at Canberra’s Manuka Oval.
Australia resumed playing Mitchell Starc after missing the last ODI on Wednesday due to a minor side injury, and chose D’Arcy Short to top the order alongside Finch. Ashton Agar was excluded as expected due to a calf strain suffered in the ODI and was replaced by Mitchell Swepson for his international premiere since June 2018.
In all, Short, Swepson, Sean Abbott and Moises Henriques were inclusions of the former Australian lineup of T20I, replacing Agar, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Marsh and Kane Richardson. Matthew Wade kept the gloves at Alex Carey’s expense.
India rested Jasprit Bumrah after playing all three ODI and handed a T20I debut to T Natarajan, and also chose to put KL Rahul at the top of the order alongside Shikhar Dhawan, with Virat Kohli at number 3.
Australia: Aaron Finch (catt), D’Arcy Short, Matthew Wade (sept.), Steven Smith, Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell, Sean Abbott, Mitch Starc, Mitch Swepson, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
India: Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul (Sept.), Virat Kohli (Catt.), Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami, T Natarajan
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