India vs Australia Live: Wicket!!! Ruturaj Gaikwad OUT

India vs Australia Live: Poor start for India as Ruturaj Gaikwad is also walking back to the pavilion. Ben Dwarshuis striked on his first over and dismissed the Indian opener. Senior batters Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav are on the crease trying to stabilise Indian innings. 

India vs Australia Live: Wicket!!! Yashasvi Jaiswal OUT

India vs Australia Live: Matthew Wade is going with his instict and allowed another pacer to deliver his 2nd over in the first powerplay. Ruturaj Gaikwad played a magnificent shot and slammed a FOUR against Jason Behrendorff. Australian skipper is showing some good keeping skills there but Yashasvi Jaiswal seemed to have started the SIX spree as he slammed another SIX against the pacer. But, the pacer made a comeback and dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal 

India vs Australia Live: India score 17/0 in 3 over

India vs Australia Live: Pacer Aaron Hardie got another over today in the first powerplay as skipper Matthew Wade is looking for an early wicket. The pacer is surely troubling the Indian openers and let’s see how much patience Indian batters can keep against the pacer. Yashasvi Jaiswal opened his arms on the 4th ball of the over and slammed a beautiful SIX. 

India vs Australia Live: India score 9/0 in 2 over

India vs Australia Live: Team India openers are trying to open their arms but Australian pacer Jason Behrendorff is reading the batters well and bowling accordingly to ruin their plans. Good bowling from Australia and their pace attack as consistently impressed in the current series against India. 

India vs Australia Live: India score 5/0 in 1 over

India vs Australia Live: Aaron Hardie started well again for his team as he kept the ball on the accurate length and all found some swing with the new ball. Team India openers also didn’t took much risk in the first over and let Aaron Hardie have his way. But, Ruturaj Gaikwad still slammed a beautiful boundary off the last ball of the over

India vs Australia Live: Team India openers on crease 

India vs Australia Live: Team India openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad are on the crease, set to begin India’s innings. Australia’s Aaron Hardie is leading the pace attack for his team. The openers will attempt to provide a solid start to India in the 5th T20 international. 

India vs Australia Live: Expectations of a high-scoring thriller 

India vs Australia Live: The ground of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru offers a flat pitch which allow too many boundaries for the batters. In today’s match against Australia, Indian batters are expected to slam number of sixes as the current Indian squad as many big hitters. India is expected to give a target of 200+ runs to Australia. 

India vs Australia Live: Australia playing XI

Australia: Travis Head, Josh Philippe, Ben McDermott, Aaron Hardie, Tim David, Matthew Short, Matthew Wade(w/c), Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha

India vs Australia Live: India’s playing XI

India vs Australia Live: Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar

India vs Australia Live: Toss!!!

India vs Australia Live: Australian skipper Matthew Wade won the toss and chose to bowl first. From Suryakumar Yadav’s reaction, it is clear that he also wanted to bowl. In changes Suryakumar Yadav said that Arshdeep Singh has replaced Deepak Chahar

India vs Australia Live: Covers off the pitch

India vs Australia Live: Good news for cricket fans as the light rains have stopped in Bengaluru. The covers were removed from the pitch and it seems like toss will happen on time at 6:30 PM

India vs Australia Live: Toss likely to be delayed 

India vs Australia Live: The rain is not that heavy, but enough that we are seeing covers on the pitch. There is no clarity if the toss is happening on the scheduled time of 6:30 and in all possibilities is likely to be delayed if the rain continues

India vs Australia Live: Rain threat looms over the 5th T20 

India vs Australia Live: The rains are likely to make their appearance in the 5th T20 between India and Australia as there are 25% chances of the showers in Bengaluru today. Currently, it is drizzling in the stadium, but the forecasts predict that the drizzle should stop soon 

India vs Australia Live: Former Indian pacer Ashish Nehra on Rinku Singh’s possibility in the T20 World Cup squad 

India vs Australia Live: “There is no doubt that Rinku Singh is a contender for inclusion in India’s T20 World Cup squad. But the World Cup is still far away and the spot he’s fighting for has many challengers. You can look at Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper-batter) and Tilak Varma. We’ll have to discuss the positions where Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya will play,” Nehra told JioCinema.

India vs Australia Live: How Axar Patel reacted to his match-winning performance

India vs Australia Live: Speaking at the pre-match pre-match press conference, Axar said, “I tried to stick to my strengths and wasn’t really bothered even I had gotten hit and bowling stump-to-stump was the key to negate the dew factor.”

“I was trying a lot of things when I was at home and it came out well today. During the (injury) break I focussed on improving myself and add new variations to my bowling to remain successful at the highest level.” the left armer added.

India vs  Australia Live: Jitesh Sharma has opportunity to take Pant, Ishan’s place, says Aakash Chopra

India vs Australia Live: Speaking to JioCinema, Aakash Chopra said, “If you think about it, this is a real opportunity for someone like Jitesh Sharma to settle his place in the absence of Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan. Rishabsh is far away from regaining full fitness, and Ishan is struggling to find a place in the top-order. You don’t see Ishan play at No. 5 and hence Jitesh is a solid option down the order,”

India vs Australia Live: IND should have picked Bhuvi for SA series, says Ashish Nehra

India vs Australia Live: Speaking to JioCinema, Ashish Nehra said, “Only one name comes to my mind, because you are going to South Africa, and you have picked a lot of fast bowlers, and that name is Bhuvneshwar Kumar. I understand that you have other new-ball options, you have Arshdeep Singh, and Mukesh Kumar is playing,” 

“When you talk about the white-ball, Bhuvi can fit in any team, especially when he is bowling well because he does not lack at all in terms of skill and experience. It’s a different thing that he didn’t play against Australia here, but he should be kept in the scheme of things.” the former pacer added.

India vs Australia Live: Will IND make changes to playing XI?

India vs Australia Live: It is widely expected that IND might make a few changes to the playing XI given that the Men in Blue have already won the series. Some of the changes that are expected include giving a chance to all-rounders Washington Sundar and Shivam Dubey while others like Axar Patel might have to miss out.

India vs Australia Live: Mitchell Marsh criticizes timing of T20 series

India vs Australia Live: Aussie all-round Mitchell Marsh has criticized the timing of IND-AUS T20 series which caused many players to not get the time to celebrate World Cup victory and spend time with their family. Speaking to SEN Radio, Marsh said, “Yeah it was pretty outrageous for the guys that had to stay behind. It’s a fine line because we’ve got to respect the fact we’re playing for Australia and it’s a series against India which is always really big. But there’s also the human side of it, the boys have just won a World Cup and probably deserve to celebrate for a while and get home to their families. It’s an interesting one. You’d hope there’s not too many of those series put on after big tournaments again,”

India vs Australia Live: Will rain play spoilsport?

India vs Australia Live: As per Accuweather, there is a 25% chance of rain in the night while there is a 100% chance of cloud cover, meaning that the series finale might be interrupted by rain.

India vs Australia Live: Harabhajan critizes non-inclusion of Yuzi chahal in SA T20 squad

India vs Australia Live: Speaking on his YouTube channel, Harbhajan Singh said, “There is no Yuzvendra Chahal in T20 format. You kept him in ODIs but not T20Is. They just gave him a lollypop to suck on. We won’t take in the format where you do well but will take for other formats. It’s beyond my understanding,”

India vs Australia Live: IND squad for 3 T20Is in South Africa

India vs Australia Live:  Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (Wk), Jitesh Sharma (Wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.

India vs Australia Live: ‘Something to be happy about after disappointing WC Final loss’ says Ruturaj Gaikwad

India vs Australia Live: Speaking to JioCinema, Gaikwad said, “I think this is something to be happy for everyone after the disappointing loss in the final of the World Cup,”

“I think it was important for all of us to express ourselves and enjoy the game. I think everyone pretty much took responsibility at every stage. So, we are really happy with the result, but there’s still one match to go.” the right handed batter added.

Speaking about the environment in the team, he said, “There was positive energy in the team because we were coming from domestic tournaments, and everyone had done pretty well there. Everyone came in with a lot of confidence.”

India vs Australia Live: IND are the new record holder for most wins in T20 format

India vs Australia Live: The Men in Blue now hold the record for the most wins in T20 format after a win in the fourth T20 match against Australia. Indian team have won 136 of the 213 T20 matches played so far while 67 matches didn’t go in their favour and one match ended in a tie. 

India vs Australia Live: Ruturaj Gaikwad opens up on partnership with Yashasvi Jaiswal

India vs Australia Live: Speaking to JioCinema, Gaikwad said, “After the first match, we decided that we would be off from risky singles. We will just look for boundaries. He is someone who takes the game on and regardless of any situation, he likes to be aggressive. The discussion has always been that if the wicket is suitable, we will go with positive intent. But I think the focus is taking care of the first two overs,” said Gaikwad.

“After he got out, he was walking in and he immediately said sorry. I said it was okay, it happens and it was a mistake. I think mistakes do happen, so I am fine with that,” the right-handed batter added.

India vs Australia Live: Who’ll win the match today? Check match prediction

India vs Australia Live: As per Google’s win probability, there is a 62% chance that India will win. As per CricTracker, no matter who bats first, India will emerge victorious. MyKhel says that India will likely win and finish on a high before the South Africa series. We, however, believe Australia will win the match and end the series 3-2.

India vs Australia Live: Fantasy XI for today

India vs Australia Live: Yashasvi Jaiswal, RD Gaikwad, S Iyer, SA Yadav (C), JM Sharma (WK), Axar Patel, TM Head, JR Philippe, MW Short, MS Wade and JP Behrendorff.

India vs Australia Live: Weather forecast for today

India vs Australia Live: There is a 9-13% chance of rain in Bengaluru today, as per Weather.com, during the match timings. The humidity will be extremely high at 93%. The temperature will be around 21-23 degrees during the match.

India vs Australia Live: Ravi Bishnoi praises Surya; ‘he give us freedom’

India vs Australia Live: Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Bishnoi said, “As a captain, Surya bhai gives us freedom and full right to choose the type of deliveries, the length, line and field set-up. But you have to execute your plan. He has given us every right but he demands the result from us as well. He is leading well you can see it in the past two to three matches so yeah he is doing well,”

India vs Australia Live: Chinnaswamy stadium pitch report

India vs Australia Live: The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is known for being a batters’ paradise. Its short boundaries help batters secure higher totals for their teams. Spinners, however, get their chance during the middle overs and claim wickets.

Chinnaswamy has not hosted a T20I match since 2012. In December 2012, when India played Pakistan, the Men in Green emerged victorious by 5 wickets. However, it was a low-scoring match as India were all out for 133. Pakistan chased the score in 19.4 overs. Mohammad Hafeez (61 off 44 balls) was the Player of the Match.

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India vs Australia Live: Rinku Singh to be included in India’s T20 WC squad? Ashish Nehra says…

India vs Australia Live: Speaking at a Jio Cinema broadcast, Nehra said, “There is no doubt that Rinku Singh is a contender for inclusion in India’s T20 World Cup squad. But the World Cup is still far away and the spot he is fighting for has many challengers. You can look at Jitesh Sharma (the wicketkeeper batsman) and Tilak Varma. We will have to discuss the positions where Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya will play. So, we have to see how many spots are available in the 15-member squad. But one thing is sure, he has opened everyone’s eyes and put everyone under pressure. But there is still a lot of time to go. The trip to South Africa is coming up followed by the IPL,”

“The conditions for the first three matches were different and a lot of the bowlers have changed. Your experienced bowlers like Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj have been rested. If you speak of Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar, they have just been introduced to international cricket” the former cricketer added.

India vs Australia Live: ‘Boys showed character’ Surya’s big praise after 20 run win

India vs Australia Live: Speaking after winning the match, Surya said, “Other than toss, everything (went well). Boys showed character and that was most important for us. We spoke in the meeting before the game to go out and express yourself and be fearless. I always love putting Axar under pressure and the way he bowled was unbelievable. The plan (during the death overs) was to go for the yorkers and then see what happens,”

India vs Australia Live: Head to head record

India vs Australia Live: India and Australia have played 30 T20s so far. India have won 18 of those and Australia 11. There was one match that did not produce any results. In the last 5 T20 matches between these teams, India have won 4 and Australia 1.

India vs Australia Live: India and Australia squads

India vs Australia Live: India: Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer/Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh/Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna/Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar

Australia: Matthew Wade (capt, wk), Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Matthew Short, Ben McDermott, Tim David, Chris Green, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha