 "India are batting first again in the fifth T20I against Australia. AFP")
Australia have won the toss and decided to bowl first in the fifth and final T20I of the series against India at the Gabba in Brisbane on Saturday. India are 2-1 up in the series with wins in the last two matches.
Rinku Singh has returned to the Indian side with Tilak Varma getting rest for the final game. Australia have gone in unchanged. India have lost seven of the eight tosses across the ODI and T20I series on this tour.
India vs Australia 5th T20I Playing XI
India Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
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
Full Squads
India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma(w), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana
Australia Squad: Mitchell Marsh(c), Matthew Short, Josh Inglis(w), Tim David, Josh Philippe, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Owen, Mahli Beardman
Indian players had a laugh while warming up as their skipper Suryakumar Yadav lost another toss. Yadav though said he was fine with losing tosses if the result of the match was in India’s favour.
“Until you’re winning the game and losing the toss, it’s fine. Want to go out and express ourselves,” the Indian T20I captain told Ravi Shastri at the toss.
Yadav also mentioned that apart from the openers, all other batters need to be flexible with their positions in the batting line-up.
Rinku returned to the side for the first time since hitting the winning runs for India in the 2025 Asia Cup final against Pakistan in September.
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View AllAustralia captain Mitchell Marsh, meanwhile, named an unchanged playing XI and said that the hosts wanted to draw the series by winning the final game.