Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to bowl first, in the second and the final T20I against India in Bengaluru. India are trailing the two-match series, having lost the first T20I in Visakhapatnam by three wickets.
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India made three changes to the playing XI, bringing in Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar and Siddarth Kaul in place of Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Mayank Markande.
Australia did not tinker with the team that won in Visakhapatnam.
The visitors will be fancying a series win against India, especially after losing the Test and ODI series at home to Kohli's team.
Though the wicket at the Chinnaswamy Stadium has slowed down over the years, the game is expected to be a high-scoring affair unlike the series opener in which Australia chased down 127 on the final ball of the innings.
The last T20 International was played here in February 2017 when India beat England by 75 runs after amassing 202 for six.
Teams:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, K.L. Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Siddarth Kaul.
Australia: Aaron Finch (captain), D Arcy Short, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Handscomb, Ashton Turner, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Adam Zampa.
(With PTI inputs)
