Australian skipper Matthew Wade elected to bowl first in the fifth and final T20I game against India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday. With rains intervening, conditions could favour the bowlers under lights. (Match Blog | Streaming | Cricket News)
Speaking at the toss, Wade said, "We will have a bowl. The wicket feels a bit tacky and also there is a bit of weather around. One change for us. Ellis comes in for Green. Exciting times for selectors and youngsters, to make a mark and put pressure on some of the spots."
Team India skipper Suryakumar Yadav stated that he too would have bowled first if they would have won the toss. "We would have loved to bowl first. I told the team to not change anything, another opportunity to play in front of an amazing crowd, so just go and enjoy (is the message to the team). The way batting unit has delivered, just told them to believe and execute. Arshdeep comes in for Deepak Chahar. He (Deepak) has flown back home because of a medical emergency."
Teams:
India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Arshdeep Singh
Australia (Playing XI): Travis Head, Josh Philippe, Ben McDermott, Aaron Hardie, Tim David, Matthew Short, Matthew Wade(w/c), Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha.
India are 3-1 up in the five-match T20I series and a win tonight could hand them a 4-1 margin victory to go with the series win against the Aussies.
