In an attempt to square the series in the second Twenty20 international, Australia’s captain Matthew Wade won the toss and decided to field against India on Sunday.
The visitors have made two changes in Thiruvananthapuram after losing the opening game of the five-match series four days after winning the ODI World Cup.
Former World Cup stars Glenn Maxwell, an all-rounder, and leg-spinner Adam Zampa have rejoined the team in place of Jason Behrendorff and Aaron Hardie.
After a thrilling two-wicket victory last week under captain Suryakumar Yadav, India enters unchanged.
The only two Indian players remaining from their ODI World Cup team are Suryakumar and Ishan Kishan. The team got into the final without a loss but was defeated by six wickets in Ahmedabad.
Groups
India’s squad includes: Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Suryakumar Yadav (capt).
Australia: Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha, Steven Smith, Matthew Short, Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade (capt, wk),
Jayaraman Madanagopal (IND) and KN Ananthapadmanabhan (IND) are the umpires.
TV Umpire: IND’s Nitin Menon
Referee for the match: Javagal Srinath (IND)