Ravichandran Ashwin to Mitchell Marsh, OUT! CAUGHT! Two in two for Ravichandran Ashwin and Mitchell Marsh goes for a golden duck on his birthday. Ashwin serves a flatter ball, and angles it around off. Mitchell Marsh prods and looks to defend but gets a thick outside edge to first slip where Rohit Sharma takes a good low catch.
Mitchell Marsh walks out to bat at No.3.
Ravichandran Ashwin to David Warner, OUT! LBW! First blood to India! This was full and angling on middle. David Warner goes for the reverse sweep and fails to execute it and gets hit on the pads. An appeal for LBW by Ashwin and up goes the finger.
Ravichandran Ashwin to Aaron Finch, A loopy ball, on middle. Finch turns it on the leg side for one more.
Ravichandran Ashwin to David Warner, Comes around the wicket now. tossed up, on middle. Warner nudges it to square leg for a single.
Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl from the opposite end.
Ravichandran Ashwin to Aaron Finch, Darted on the pads, flicked to mid-wicket for a single.
Ravichandran Ashwin to Aaron Finch, Good fielding! A flatter ball, outside off. Finch cuts it to the right of point where Ravindra Jadeja dives and stops it.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Warner, Around off, on a length, pushed to point.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Warner, BEATEN! A length ball, outside off. Warner looks to push but gets beaten on the outside edge.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aaron Finch, On a length, on off. Finch skips down and punches it to covers for a single.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Warner, TWO WIDES! Australia are underway! A length ball, spilled sown the leg side. Warner misses his flick. Kishan fails to grab it clearly and allows the batter to take a single.
We are set to begin! The Indian players stride out to the middle. Well Rohit Sharma mentioned during the toss, Virat Kohli is resting in this game but he can be seen fielding for his side. Is he the sixth bowling option Rohit Sharma was mentioning about? Anyway, Ishan Kishan will be taking the gloves for this game. Aaron Finch and David Warner will open the innings for Australia. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to start the proceedings with the ball.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Warner, Darts it on the pads, flicked to square leg.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Warner, Another length ball, around off. Warner taps it to point.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Warner, Good delivery! Starts with a length ball, slanting outside off. Warner watchfully leaves it alone.
The Indian captain, Rohit Sharma says that, Kohli, Bumrah and Shami are resting. Mentions that they also wanted to try and bat first and put runs on the board. Adds that they want to make sure that they get their sixth bowling option. Tells that they want their bowlers to come and chip in with wickets. Tells that they have got quality in their five bowlers but on a bad day, it is always nice to have that sixth bowling option. On Hardik Pandya, he says that he hasn't started bowling yet, but he will be back before the tournament begins.
The Aussie skipper, Aaron Finch says that, they will have a bat first and it looks like a dry wicket and they did chase in the last game so it's good to mix it up. Adds that he is fit and has recovered well from the surgery. Mentions that Josh Hazlewood played game after game in the Indian T20 League and hence won't be playing today. Mentions that there are also a couple of other changes in the side.
India - KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(C), Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant(WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy.
Australia - David Warner, Aaron Finch(C), Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade(WK), Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins.