The Australian board has made some changes to their team for the last 2 T20Is of Australia’s tour of India. Indian team has won the first two matches by two wickets in Vizag and 44 runs in Trivandrum and will play the 3rd T20I on 28 November in Guwahati.
Cricket Australia has asked their 6 ICC Cricket World Cup squad members Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott and Adam Zampa to return to Australia and get rest as they testing the strategies they wanted to.
While announcing the squad changes the head coach for the T20 series, Andre Borovec said, “Part of our series strategy was to experiment with Steve (Smith) at the top, and we’ve successfully had that opportunity. We’re delighted with the proactive approach he’s displayed with the bat; in fact, I couldn’t find any fault in it.”
Australia’s Updated squad: Matthew Wade (c), Jason Behrendorff, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Chris Green, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Ben McDermott, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha, Matt Short, Kane Richardson
India squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Shreyas Iyer (last two matches only)
Australia’s tour of India schedule
First T20I: November 23, 7 PM, Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ADA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Second T20I: November 26, 7 PM, Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Third T20I: November 28, 7 PM, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Fourth T20I: December 1, 7 PM, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Fifth T20I: December 3, 7 PM, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
