After a dramatic ending to their ODI World Cup 2023 campaign, the Men in Blue will be seeking a quick return to winning ways with a five-match T20I series against Australia at home. Suryakumar Yadav leads the much-changed Indian side while Matthew Wade returns as captain for the travelling side.
The series' timing could have been a little better but it is what it is as the Indian team led by Suryakumar Yadav gears up to take on Australia in a five-match T20 assignment. More than anything, it is the beginning of preparation for the next year's T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the USA.
Suryakumar Yadav will be leading the team in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma and will have a selection headache going into the first T20I game in Visakhapatnam. Rutuaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal are likely to top open ahead of Ishan Kishan in the opening game on Thursday.
The Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam has only hosted three T20Is thus far. India has won two games at the venue in the shortest format and their solitary loss has come against the Aussies.
Suryakumar Yadav is going to be the ninth player to lead India in the T20I format since January 2021. He has played 53 T20Is for the Men in Blue and amassed 1841 runs at a strike rate of 172.70, with the help of three centuries and 15 fifties.
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India and Australia are all set to face each other in the five-match T20I series starting from November 23. The series opener is set to be played in Visakhapatnam. The hosts are playing without their major players who were part of World Cup squad but Suryakumar Yadav has been named the captain.
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India will take on Australia in a five-match T20 series starting Thursday, November 23 in Vishakhapatnam. David Warner, who was earlier part of the 15-man squad, will now return home as the veteran opener has been withdrawn from the squad.
India will be led by Suryakumar Yadav during the five-match T20I series whereas wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Wade will be the captain of Australia. Pacers Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood have been rested for the tour.
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