Newly-appointed Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav elected to bowl first against Australia at Visakhapatnam in the first T20I of the five-match series on Thursday.
India are playing two spinners -- Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi but left out all-rounder Washington Sundar.
Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar and Prasidh Krishna form their three-pronged pace attack.
Meanwhile Australia skipper Matthew Wade decided to rest World Cup heroes Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa and Travis Head.
Teams: India: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan(wk), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna.
Australia: Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(wk/c), Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha.