IND vs AUS: Toss matters in second T20 between India and Australia, will Suryakumar change playing XI?

New Delhi. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India has made a good start in the T20I series against Australia. The team achieved a huge target of 209 runs on the basis of Surya’s explosive innings of 80 runs in the first T20. Wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan also scored a half century. The second match of the 5-match series is scheduled to be played in Thiruvananthapuram today. Rain may interrupt the match. Fast bowlers are also helped early on the pitch. In such a situation both the teams will want to bowl after winning the toss. It will also be interesting to see if both the teams make changes to the playing eleven. Team India can come up with its own winning combination.

So far 3 T20 matches have been played in Thiruvananthapuram. In one match the team batting first wins while in 2 matches the team chasing the target wins. The Indian team has won 2 of the 3 matches played here so far while losing one. In 2017, the match between India and New Zealand was played 8-8 overs due to rain. Team India won this match by 4 wickets. The bowlers took 9 wickets in the match. Out of which the bowlers took 6 wickets.

Defeated against West Indies
In the T20 match played at this ground in 2019, West Indies defeated India by 8 wickets. Batting first, Team India scored 170 runs for 7 wickets. In response, the West Indies team achieved the target by losing 2 wickets in the 19th over. The last T20 match played at this ground was in September 2022 between India and South Africa. Playing first, the South African team could score only 106 runs for 8 wickets. 7 out of 8 wickets were taken by Indian fast bowlers. Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets while Deepak Chahar and Harshal Patel got 2 wickets each. Team India achieved the target by losing 2 wickets in the 17th over. KL Rahul remained unbeaten with 51 runs while Suryakumar Yadav remained unbeaten with 50 runs. In such a situation, Surya will want to perform like this once again.

W, W, W, W, W, W, W… Dhoni’s partner created a ruckus before the IPL, taking a hat-trick.

Possible Indian Playing XI
Yashshwi Jaiswal, Rituraj Gaekwad, Ishaan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Akshar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Hirshan Krishna and Mukesh Kumar.

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