Captains Hardik Pandya and Steven Smith on the toss forward of the 1st ODI between India and Australia at Wankhede Stadium on March 17, 2023
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India’s stand-in skipper Hardik Pandya received the toss and elected to bowl first towards Australia within the first ODI right here on Friday.
Hardik is main the staff within the absence of normal skipper Rohit Sharma, who’s unavailable for the fixture due to household commitments.
The Indian taking part in XI featured 4 quicks in Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Hardik and Mohammed Siraj and two spinners in Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav.
For Australia, Josh Inglis got here in for Alex Carey, who has flown house due to sickness.
David Warner hasn’t totally recovered from his elbow fracture, and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh will open the innings in his place.
Teams
India: Hardik Pandya (capt), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami.
Australia: Steven Smith (capt), Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, , Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(wk), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa.
