India vs Australia Warm-up Match: Rohit Sharma leads team, Virat Kohli, Bumrah, Shami rested

Speaking
at
the
toss,
Australia
skipper
Aaron
Finch
said,
“We
will
bat
first.
We
had
batted
second
in
the
last
game,
so
looking
to
change
things
up
a
bit.
It’s
going
very
well
at
the
moment.
Josh
Hazlewood
is
the
only
one
who’ll
not
take
the
field
today.
Mitchell
Swepson
and
Josh
Inglis
aren’t
playing
as
well.”

On
the
other
hand,
India
stand-in
skipper
Rohit
Sharma
said,
“Virat
Kohli,
Bumrah
and
Mohammed
Shami
are
resting
today.
We
wanted
to
bat
first
as
well,
just
wanted
to
try
and
get
runs
on
the
board.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
get
the
6th
bowling
option,
some
options
in
the
batting
order
as
well,
we’ll
try
all
those
things
today.

“Hardik
is
coming
along
pretty
well,
but
it’ll
be
a
while
before
he
will
start
to
bowl.
He
hasn’t
started
bowling,
but
he
should
be
ready
by
the
start
of
the
tournament.
We
have
quality
in
the
main
bowlers,
but
you
need
an
option
for
a
sixth
bowler,”
he
added.

On
Monday,
India
defeated
England
by
seven
wickets
in
their
first
warm-up
match.
Chasing
189,
India
got
off
to
an
excellent
start
as
opening
batters
KL
Rahul
and
Ishan
Kishan
played
crucial
knocks
of
70
and
51
runs,
respectively.

After
this
match,
India
will
next
play
Pakistan
in
their
opening
game
of
the
ICC
T20
World
Cup
on
October
24
while
on
the
other
hand,
England
will
be
facing
West
Indies
on
October
23.

In
Group
2,
India
will
then
face
New
Zealand
and
Afghanistan,
the
emerging
force
in
T20
cricket,
plus
the
winners
of
Group
B
and
runners-up
from
Group
A.

India
squad:
Rohit
Sharma,
KL
Rahul,
Ishan
Kishan,
Virat
Kohli
(c),
Rishabh
Pant
(w),
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Hardik
Pandya,
Ravindra
Jadeja,
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar,
Ravichandran
Ashwin,
Mohammed
Shami,
Shardul
Thakur,
Jasprit
Bumrah,
Rahul
Chahar,
and
Varun
Chakravarthy.

Australia
squad:
David
Warner,
Aaron
Finch
(c),
Mitchell
Marsh,
Steven
Smith,
Marcus
Stoinis,
Matthew
Wade
(wk),
Ashton
Agar,
Mitchell
Starc,
Josh
Inglis,
Kane
Richardson,
Adam
Zampa,
Josh
Hazlewood,
Mitchell
Swepson,
Glenn
Maxwell,
and
Pat
Cummins.