Starc last played a T20 match for Australia was in September, 2016, against Sri Lanka in Colombo and his last match on home soil was in February, 2014 against England.
Australia had scored 137 for seven in 19 overs when the first spell of rain arrived at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
It was a rare win for Australia since the ball-tampering fiasco in South Africa, and just their second from five matches this home summer.
Having won seven consecutive bilateral T20 series, Kohli and his men will certainly want to make it eight in a row and for that they may be forced to rejig both their batting and bowling combinations.
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Stoinis came up with an all-round performance in the four-run win over India, scoring 33 off 19 balls before defending 13 runs in the final over of the match.
India first faltered in the field, letting Australia score 158 for four after rain shortened the contest to 17-overs-a-side affair.
The revised target of 174 for India seemed too tough as they lost the 1st T20I by a meagre four runs. Hosts Australia lead the three-match series 1-0.
Shane Warne was critical of Hick, under whom, Australia have lost their last 18 matches out of the past 24 matches in all formats.
Australia have lost five of the last six T20Is they have played with the most recent one being against South Africa in Gold Coast.
Former Australia cricketer and one of the greatest wicketkeeping players of all time, Adam Gilchrist, was all praise for the Indian skipper.
Rishabh Pant didn't get to keep wickets in any of the three T20Is versus West Indies ahead of the Australia series.
The long tour of Australia consist of three T20I's, four Tests and three ODI's and the first match of the tour will be played on November 21. Here is the detail of Full schedule of India vs Australia, venue details and match timings.
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