Overs 10.1: Australia 75/3
OUT! Caught & Bowled. Kuldeep Yadav scalped the dangerous Chris Lynn (37 off 20). The Aussie batsman smacked four huge sixes in his 20-ball cameo
Overs 10: Australia 75/2
Chris Lynn welcomed Krunal Pandya with a six in his first over. Good for Pandya that he managed to restrict just eight runs in the over
Overs 9: Australia 67/2
Another good over from Kuldeep Yadav -- four runs and a wicket for the spinner in it
Overs 8.3: Australia 64/2
OUT! Kuldeep Yadav gave India a big respite from the onslaught. Aaron Finch gone for 27, which came off 24 balls with the help of three boundaries.
Overs 8: Australia 63/1
Massive over for the hosts - 21 came off it. Australia, specially Chris Lynn, has decided to break loose, as the right-hander smacked three huge sixes off Khaleel Ahmed
Overs 7: Australia 42/1
First over by spinner and Aussie batsmen are watchful as expected. Kuldeep Yadav gave away four singles in it.
Overs 6: Australia 38/1
Finch using the early respite to good use and hit Bhuvi for a four off first ball. But good comeback from the pacer, only three singles came after it in the over.
Overs 5: Australia 31/1
Successful over for both India and Khaleel Ahmed. Chris Lynn started his innings with a boundary
Overs 4.1: Australia 24/1
OUT! Good catch by Kuldeep Yadav as Khaleel Ahmed struck with his first ball of the match to dismiss D'Arcy Short (7).
Overs 4: Australia 24/0
Big over for the hosts - 12 came off it. It started with India skipper Virat Kohli dropping his counterpart Aaron Finch off the first ball. Bumrah then conceded two consecutive fours to Finch.
Overs 3: Australia 12/0
DÁrcy Short finished the Bhuvi over with a four, first of the match, as the hosts scored seven in it.
Overs 2: Australia 5/0
Watchful start from the Aussie openers. Jasprit Bumrah over ended with a swing and a miss from DÁrcy Short.
Over 1: Australia 1/0
Good start from Bhuvi, gave away just a single in the final ball of the over.
Here we go... Aaron Finch and D'Arcy Short in the middle to start the Australia innings. Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the ball for India
TOSS | India skipper Virat Kohli win the toss and opt to field first at The Gabba in Brisbane
Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), Lokesh Rahul, Rishabh Pant (w), Dinesh Karthik, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, K Khaleel Ahmed
Australia: D Arcy Short, Aaron Finch (c), Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ben McDermott, Alex Carey (w), Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Jason Behrendorff, Billy Stanlake
PITCH REPORT
Brett Lee observes that there is a nice covering of grass. Not many cracks visible and the surface looks rock hard. Adds that the white ball should fly through. Opines that the conditions seem to be a little bit swirly which will make the ball talk.
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the first of the three-match T20I series between India and Australia in Brisbane. The match starts at 13:20 IST and toss at 12:50 IST.
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