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India vs Australia T20I: Captain Suryakumar Yadav wins toss in first assignment, opts to bowl

Washington Sundar failed to make it to the Playing XI

Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav and his Australia counterpart Matthew Wade | AFP

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.