Australia win toss, elect to bowl first against India in must-win clash

GROS ISLET: Australia have won the toss and chose to field first against India in a crucial ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eights fixture here at Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium on Monday.

PLAYING XIs

Australia made one change to their lineup as Mitchell Starc comes in for Ashton Agar while India are unchanged.

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

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

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Australia’s captain Mitchell Marsh opened up on his decision to bowl first, stating that the pitch looks belter and that he would love to chase.

“It looks like a belter of a wicket. There is a bit of breeze around and the surface looks lovely,” said Marsh.

“We found ourselves in this position a few times, backs to the walls. At this stage of the tournament, every game’s a must-win, pressure comes with that,” he added.

India’s captain Rohit Sharma shared that he would have bowled first too but remained confident in his team’s ability, who are unbeaten in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 thus far.

“It looks good, hope it doesn’t change too much. We have adapted well to conditions, so hopefully, another game where we can do that,” said Sharma.

HEAD TO HEAD

Australia and India have squared off 31 times in T20Is with the latter possessing a superior record with 19 wins.

Matches 31, India 19, Australia 11, NR 1

FORM GUIDE

India are in red-hot form in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 as they are currently unbeaten while Australia suffered a major dent to their momentum with Afghanistan upset.

India: W, W, NR, W, W

Australia: L, W, W, W, W