India will be searching for revenge for the World Cup ultimate loss once they conflict in opposition to Australia in the primary T20I match at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, November 23. Both groups return to T20I cricket after stellar efficiency in the ODI World Cup the place Australia beat India by six wickets in the ultimate.
Suryakumar Yadav will be main a much-changed T20I facet with senior figures Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul being given the remaining after the World Cup. Australia additionally characteristic new faces in the crew with wicketkeeper batter Matthew Wade making a return as a captain.
India beat Australia in the three-match T20I sequence by 2-1 at residence in March this yr and have received three of their final 5 T20I encounters as effectively.
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Pitch Report
The surface at Visakhapatnam’s ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium gives a balanced recreation in T20 cricket. The common first innings rating right here is 119 runs in 9 T20I matches however solely three males’s T20I matches performed right here. Indian crew has received two of their three T20I video games performed right here however Australia recorded an exciting last-ball win whereas chasing a 127-run goal in the final recreation between the 2 nations.
India had been additionally bowled out on simply 117 runs in the latest ODI match in opposition to Australia in March 2023 which suggests high quality assist for bowlers in Visakhapatnam.
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Records and Stats
Total ODI Matches: 9
Matches received batting first: 3
Matches received bowling first: 6
Average first innings rating: 119
Average second innings rating: 105
Highest whole scored: 179/5 (20 Ov) by India vs South Africa
Highest rating chased: 127/7 (20 Ov) by Australia vs India
Lowest whole recorded: 82/10 (18 Ov) by Sri Lanka vs India
Lowest whole defended: 138/4 (20 Ov) by Australia Women vs India Women
India T20I squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Washington Sundar, Avesh Khan
Australia T20I squad: Matthew Wade (c & wk), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha, Kane Richardson, Aaron Hardie