IND vs OFF: Hardik Pandya is leading the team in the first match of the series in the absence of Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma had demanded a few days leave from the BCCI after the victory in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, which was accepted.
Pandya gave a plant to Smith before the toss
Just before the toss of the match, Indian captain Hardik Pandya gifted Smith a sapling as part of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) initiative to do good to the environment. Talking about the game, India won the toss and decided to bowl first. Hardik Pandya said that it would be good to play wickets in both the innings but dew could be a problem for the bowling team after evening. During the toss, Hardik said, “We will bowl first. It is a good pitch and there will be dew. We think we will be able to bat well in the second innings.”
Team India going down with two spinners and four fast bowlers
Team India is going into the first ODI with four fast bowlers and two spinners. On the other hand, the Australian team is missing Alex Carey and David Warner. Australia have come back strongly after losing the wicket of Travis Head in the second over of Mohammed Siraj. Mitchell Marsh is batting very well. He is batting on a personal score of 77. By the time this news was written, the Australian team’s score had reached 129 after losing 2 wickets.
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Playing XI of India and Australia
Australia: Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa.
India: Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami.
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