India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav during the second T20 international cricket match between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
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India skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bowl against Australia in the third T20 International, in Australia on Sunday (October 2, 2025).
India made three changes in the playing XI, bringing in Jitesh Sharma, Arshdeep Singh and Washington Sundar in place of Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav.
Australia made one change, bringing in Sean Abbott in place of pacer Josh Hazlewood.
The first T20I of the five-match series in Canberra was abandoned due to rain, while the second was won by Australia.
Teams:
Australia: Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Matt Short, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Sean Abbott, and Matt Kuhnemann.
India: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, and Jasprit Bumrah.
Published – November 02, 2025 01:50 pm IST
