 "India vs Australia T20I series is currently tied at 1-1. AFP")
Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first in the fourth T20I against India on Thursday at the Carrara Oval in Queensland. India named an unchanged playing XI while Australia made four changes to their side with Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa returning.
India had levelled the series with a five-wicket victory in the third match, and both the sides are now aiming to take the lead.
India vs Australia 4th T20I playing XI
Australia Playing XI: Mitchell Marsh(c), Matthew Short, Josh Inglis(w), Tim David, Josh Philippe, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa
India Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shivam Dube, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
India vs Australia Full Squads
Australia Squad: Mitchell Marsh(c), Matthew Short, Josh Inglis(w), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Xavier Bartlett, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha, Mahli Beardman
India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shivam Dube, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana
What captains said?
Australia skipper Mitchell Marsh said that Australia too were not accustomed to the surface at the Carrara Oval as the team did not play on the ground enough.
“We don’t play a lot here. It is great to be here, will try to get as much information about the surface as we can,” Marsh said after deciding to bowl first for the 20th straight time in T20Is after winning the toss.
Apart from Maxwell and Zampa, Josh Philippe and Ben Dwarshuis too were added to the Australian playing XI.
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav predicted that the wicket might get slower as the game progresses.
“The preparation has been good. We had a day off, had a good practice session yesterday, looks like a subcontinent wicket, later on it might get slower so we are happy to bat first,” Yadav said at the toss. “We were looking to bat first. Looks similar to Indian conditions, put runs on the board and we want to take up that challenge.”