Toss Australia elected to bowl against India

Australia opted to bowl in the second T20I against India in Thiruvananthapuram with a couple of changes. Matthew Wade made the decision hoping the dew would play a part later on, and he also hoped the pitch would improve later on. There was a lot of grass on the field, which also seemed dry.

Suryakumar Yadav said that he too wanted to bowl first as India was also waiting for dew later. India remained unchanged in this game.

It had rained before the game and there were a lot of wet spots in the outfield on Saturday night. However, clear skies greeted the teams on Sunday night.

This is the first time Australia has played at the Greenfield International Stadium, which is hosting only its fourth T20I since its first in 2017.

India led the five-match series 1-0 after a narrow two-wicket win in the first T20I in Visakhapatnam, their most successful chase in the format.

India: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Ruturaj Gaikwad, 3 Suryakumar Yadav (captain), 4 Ishan Kishan (wk), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Mukesh Kumar, 11 Prasidh krishna

Australia: 1 Steven Smith, 2 Matthew Short, 3 Josh Inglis (week), 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Tim David, 7 Matthew Wade (captain and week), 8 Sean Abbott, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Tanveer Sangha