T20 World Cup: What changes India and Australia made for Super 8 match in St Lucia?

Australia decided to bring left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc back into their XI in place of left-arm finger spinner Ashton Agar while India named an unchanged side for their T20 World Cup Super 8 clash in St Lucia on Monday.

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Australia won the toss and skipper Mitchell Marsh opted to field in humid conditions at the Daren Sammy National Stadium in Gros Islet in what is the final Super 8 clash for both teams.

Australia had drafted in an extra spinner in Agar in place of Starc for their game against Afghanistan in St Vincent, which they ended up losing by 21 runs to suddenly face the prospect of failing to reach the semi-finals.

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Agar had bowled a tidy spell against the Afghans, conceding just 17 runs from four overs including a maiden. The Aussies however, brought Starc back into the XI presumably due to the conditions in St Lucia, expecting the left-arm speedster to trouble the Indian top-order — particularly skipper Rohit — with some prodigious movement.

India, have made only one change so far in the tournament — bringing left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in place of pacer Mohammed Siraj after shifting base to the Caribbean for the Super 8s after playing their Group A fixtures in the US.

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While Australia will aim to keep their campaign alive with a victory, India are nearly through to the semi-finals after defeating Afghanistan and Bangladesh by 47 and 50 runs respectively.

Should Australia end up suffering their fourth defeat in six T20I meetings against India, they will need Bangladesh to defeat Afghanistan in the final Super 8 clash of the tournament, which will lead to a three-way tie between Australia, Afghanistan and Bangladesh on two points each where Net Run Rate (NRR) will becoming the deciding factor.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood