India vs Australia 1st T20 Highlights: Rain plays spoilsport as 1st T20I abandoned in Canberra; honours even
- India vs Australia 1st T20 Highlights: No result in the first T20I of the series in Canberra, as the match is abandoned after rain interrupts this engrossing match. India scored 97/1 in 9.4 overs but all for nought as the weather had its own role to play.
India vs Australia 1st T20 Highlights: The first T20I in Canberra is called off, the match abandoned with no result. An unfortunate end to the match as rain played a big role, not allowing more than 9.4 overs to be played on the day. India were looking in good touch, particularly captain Suryakumar Yadav looking in ominous touch. Both teams head away from the Australian capital with no damage, and hopes for better weather awaiting them over in Melbourne....Read More
Gill and Suryakumar showed no signs of slowing down, continuing to bat aggressively. Play resumed in Canberra at 8:30 PM local time and 3 PM IST. The game has been reduced to an 18-overs-per-side contest with India's captain Suryakumar Yadav and vice-captain Shubman Gill picking up the proceedings from where they left.
India will be in to bat first at the Manuka Oval after Australia won a fourth consecutive toss on this tour and opted to bowl. Interesting team for Suryakumar Yadav and his men, as all three spinners have a crack while Australia go very pace heavy. Which team got it right, which team got it wrong?
While the three-match ODI series got a lot of the attention for the returns of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli after several months away from the game, it is the five-match T20I series beginning today that holds the real key on this tour, as far as both India and Australia are concerned. The five-match set will be played between two teams who will each consider themselves favourites for the upcoming T20I World Cup, which India will be entering not just as hosts but also as the defending champions. Australia, meanwhile, are in the midst of a T20 movement at home, and know this is an opportunity to send a stern message over to the Indian camp.
India vs Australia 1st T20I predicted XIs
Just coming in off the back of the Asia Cup, India will back their team for the most part to remain as it is and keep notching up the wins. No need to change what isn’t working, but Gambhir does like being proactive.
Early in the series, though, too many shocks shouldn’t be expected: this team shouldn’t look too dissimilar to the one that played the final in Dubai, with the superstar batting unit and the pace-bowling duo of Bumrah and Arshdeep to retain their spots. However, Rinku Singh might miss out for Nitish Kumar Reddy to provide that extra pacer, and it feels like Kuldeep Yadav’s spot in this team is never that safe.
India predicted XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy/Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav/Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah
Australia, meanwhile, are still a team experimenting and trying to figure out how they can help their talent translate into a monster T20 team. Key to this has recently been the in-form Tim David batting higher and getting to face plenty of deliveries. No Glenn Maxwell for the first couple of matches, but Matt Short might earn another go after a strong ODI series.
Josh Hazlewood leads a bowling unit missing Adam Zampa, on paternity leave, which means Matthew Kuhnemann has a chance to stake his claim in the XI ahead of a subcontinental World Cup.
Australia predicted XI: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Matt Short/Josh Phillippe, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood
India vs Australia T20I head-to-head
India and Australia have faced off against each other on 32 occasions in T20 cricket. Over that period, India have dominated the Aussies, this being the only format where they have the advantage. It isn’t particularly close either: of 32 encounters, India have won 20, while Australia have only won 11.
Most recently, India won their previous contest in St Lucia during their victorious World Cup campaign in the Caribbean, as a Rohit Sharma masterclass sunk the Aussies. Before that, India hosted a five-match series at home in 2023, where they thumped the Aussies 4-1. Australia have to go all the way back to early 2019 for the last time they managed a series win in this format over India. India have won their only contest in Canberra, which was played in 2020.
India vs Australia 1st T20I key matchups
Abhishek Sharma vs Josh Hazlewood: Abhishek Sharma is the number one ranked batter in T20I cricket, and has been out of this world in flaying opposition bowlers in the powerplay and getting India off to incredible starts. He has the big challenge of facing Josh Hazlewood, who has been metronomical and in sensational form through the ODIs. He has the capability to out-think and completely unsettle opposition batters, and if he gets Abhishek out in the powerplay, it’s a completely different ball game.
Kuldeep Yadav vs Tim David: Tim David has taken to batting at number four for the Australian T20I team to maximise Australia’s power through the middle overs. To restrict this threat – and ensure Jasprit Bumrah can bowl two up front to the dangerous openers – India might need to play Kuldeep Yadav as their main middle overs strike bowler. Kuldeep will be responsible for keeping things quiet and also providing those crucial middle order wickets, particularly against David, who is often uncomfortable when he can’t read the spin.
India vs Australia 1st T20I weather forecast in Canberra
The Australian capital city of Canberra hosts the first T20I at the Manuka Oval. It is likely to be a cloudy day, but the threat of rain isn’t too high. Especially as the evening wears on, it is expected to be dry. A full match is likely to be in store, and hopefully no delayed start in case there is any bad weather around at the time.
India vs Australia 1st T20I live streaming
India vs Australia 1st T20I will be broadcast on Star Sports Network in India. India vs Australia 1st T20I will be livestreamed on JioHotstar in India.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 04:33:26 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: MATCH ABANDONED
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: So unfortunately that will be that. Umpires discuss and decide that we don't have enough time to reach a conclusion. That means this time the rain has a telling impact, and we won't have a result.
India were going all guns blazing, and will be disappointed. But that is that for now, and we will head to the MCG with it all still to play for.
- 29 Oct 2025, 04:27:31 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Play must restart in next 25 minutes
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: It's not great news as the umpires don't look too optimistic as they huddle in the middle. Play has to begin with 40 minutes left before curfew, and that means not much wiggle room.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 04:08:06 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: India's batting innings likely over now
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: The countdown timer on India's innings has reportedly run out, which would indicate if we do return, it would straightaway be Australia's chase. However, it's still an if: umbrellas are up in Canberra.
- 29 Oct 2025, 03:52:09 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Rain showing no signs of letting up so far
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: India will be frustrated, they would loved to have continue this momentum. But at the momentum, the priority might just be to maximise playing time and being able to get a result in this match. Will keep you updates as and when anything comes by.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 03:26:17 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: SIX, and another rain delay! Frustrating
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Oh, that's a shame for India. Gill and SKY were finally getting going. SKY rocks back and smokes Ellis for a flat six. 15 off the first 4 deliveries of that over, up to 97/1 in 9.4 overs, and they were beginning to take control on this surface.
But suddenly, the heavens open up again. Heavier this time. Players forced right back off.
- 29 Oct 2025, 03:22:34 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Now SKY gets going! Back to back 4s
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: There was a brief quiet spell but India are taking it on now! First two balls of the over and SKY pounces on a pair of short and wide ones. First carved over point then slapped over mid-off inside the ring. Good batting, pressure onto Australia!
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- 29 Oct 2025, 03:19:50 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Kuhnemann keeping things tidy, but Gill finds the big slog!
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: There is certainly assistance in the pitch for the spinners, a little on the slower side and just sticking a bit. Even the pacers' variations were working.
Last ball of the over though, and Gill finds the first boundary in 14 deliveries! A bit of room and nails that slog sweep for six. Great hit!
- 29 Oct 2025, 03:11:55 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Four more! SKY brings out the sweep against the spinner
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Crisp! Knows where the gao is, reaches out and smashes Kuhnemann through that area.
63/1 now, after 9 overs. Going at a very good rate.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 03:05:24 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: FOUR! And 50 up
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Good from Gill! Takes the charge and gets a wide full toss, and he has the hands to force it through the extra cover gap. India continuing as they had ended the last over.
- 29 Oct 2025, 03:02:24 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Play resumes! India seeking quick restart
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: A couple of sighters after returning, but SKY and Gill will want to start teeing off soon. The two powerplay balls played out for singles.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 02:55:28 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: 5 mins from restart with an 18-over match
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Four overs total lost due to a curfew in Canberra. That means down to an 18-over match. Only 2 balls of the powerplay remain when we return in exactly 5 minutes at 3 PM IST.
- 29 Oct 2025, 02:45:48 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Covers coming off, play shouldn't be too far away
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Good news as the covers see movement. Umpires hold an inspection, and then have a word with the respective captains. Hopefully not too far away now.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 02:37:28 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Indian stars sit around in the dugout and chat
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: The rain doesn't seem to be too bad as fans in the crowd don't seem to be too bothered. The players, meanwhile, having fun and having a chat in the dugout. Body language looks relaxed. Hopefully not too far away now, been a 20-minute delay already.
- 29 Oct 2025, 02:18:42 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: Delay in play due to rain
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: A drizzle in Canberra, nothing too heavy but enough to force the players off. Hopefully doesn't take away too much from this match, which has been shaping up really nicely thus far.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 02:14:40 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: MASSIVE! SKY special gets him going, sends Hazlewood a message with first 6 of the day
India vs Australia 1st T20 LIVE Updates: What a shot! What a response. He got beaten comprehensively on his outside edge just the ball prior, so he answers by shuffling across and just playing a simple pick up way over square leg. This is what he will do to send a message to the bowling team by taking on their best player. Shot!
- 29 Oct 2025, 02:10:20 PM IST
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: GONE! Ellis gets Abhishek, big wicket with clever bowling
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: He's gone! He got a start but can't make it count. Still trying to go hard, but Ellis knows what's coming so goes with the back of the hand slower one. Abhishek is just too early through it, and clubs it down the throat of Tim David at long off.
Just what the Aussies needed. 36/1 after 4.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 02:07:04 PM IST
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Gill picks up 4, survives DRS, and whacks 4 more!
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Lot happening! Ellis gets too straight to Gill who can tuck it away for four with fine leg very square. Next ball, he is rapped on the pads, but is given not out. Aussies go for the DRS and it is umpire's call, so he stays in. Next ball is overpitched, so he smokes it right back down the ground. Easy going on that ball.
- 29 Oct 2025, 02:03:34 PM IST
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Another four! Sharma adjusts well to the short one
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Another four off Hazlewood! Dug in short, but he gets inside the line and just helps him along for four more.
26/0 after 3 overs, good start.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 02:01:10 PM IST
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Top edge for four! Gill against Hazlewood
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Gill also takes the charge to Hazlewood! It's a big top edge as the ball gets big on him, but it flies over the keeper for four. Luck with India thus far.
- 29 Oct 2025, 01:57:27 PM IST
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Abhishek gets going! 4, 4 off Bartlett
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: He's not going to slow down. Gets width from Bartlett and cuts him over point, gets one on his hips and pulls it over midwicket.
Not perfect timing yet, but runs are coming.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 01:54:19 PM IST
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: 4 runs! Nicely controlled by Abhishek
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Abhishek wins the early battle against Hazlewood! That's very nicely played. It isn't a wild swing, but he makes rooms and hits it all along the floor through the covers for four. Calculated risk.
8/0 after 1.
- 29 Oct 2025, 01:50:23 PM IST
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Already a delay in play after just one ball
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Something near the sight screen bothering Abhishek, so a couple of minutes spent sorting that out.
Hazlewood steams in again, and Abhishek mishits one down the ground. They can scramble back for two.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 01:46:15 PM IST
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Here we go! Hazlewood vs Abhishek
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: This is the matchup we wanted to see. Can Abhishek unsettle Hazlewood early? Uses his feet to come down first ball but he just knocks it for a dot to cover.
- 29 Oct 2025, 01:27:19 PM IST
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Nitish Reddy ruled out for first three T20Is
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: A bit of breaking news confirmed just as the match is set to begin. Another damaging blow for India, as yet another seam-bowling all-rounder goes down injured. Neck spasms mean Nitish Kumar Reddy will miss the first three matches of this series.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 01:24:44 PM IST
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I:`No big surprises in Australia's XI
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Meanwhile, the hosts are very pace-heavy. Matthew Kuhnemann the sole spin option with Head capable of turning his arm over. But three front-line seam bowlers, with Marcus Stoinis and Mitch Owen also capable of providing a couple of overs.
AUS playing XI: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Josh Phillippe, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood
- 29 Oct 2025, 01:22:55 PM IST
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: India's playing XI – SKY goes spin-heavy
India vs Australia Live Score 1st T20I: Surprising – very spin heavy as all three of Axar, Kuldeep, and Varun start today. India playing to their strengths. Harshit Rana is chosen ahead of Arshdeep Singh. Arshdeep and Nitish probably both nursing injuries a little.
IND playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
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- 29 Oct 2025, 01:18:16 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Mitchell Marsh's toss hot-streak continues, wins the toss and opts to bowl
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Still no luck at the toss on this tour. Mitchell Marsh has a golden arm with that coin.
SKY says he was looking to bat first, saying he expects it to get a touch slower in the second innings.
Team news soon.
- 29 Oct 2025, 01:10:24 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: 5 minutes to the toss – bat or bowl first?
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: In four T20 international matches at the Manuka Oval heading into this one, it is an even split. 2 matches won chasing, 2 won defending. On a relatively humid night in the ACT, under the lights, what will the captains choose to do? We find out soon.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 12:50:53 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Canberra not historically a high-scoring ground
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: The Manuka Oval isnt a ground for the run-fests. It is a seaming wicket which will have plenty in it for the bowlers, and that has proven to be the case across international matches at this venue as well as the Big Bash matches played at this venue. Last time these teams played here, India defended 161. A similar matchup might be extended this time.
- 29 Oct 2025, 12:45:01 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Australia not far behind – Marsh, Head, Inglis, David make deadly top 4
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: For Australia, the real strength of the team lies in how brutal the hitting their top four can produce. The openers are a known quantity, with Head loving playing against India and Mitchell Marsh quickly developing into one of the best openers in world cricket. Following them is Josh Inglis, who showed his quality and positive hitting in a short spell with Punjab Kings in the IPL. The big difference is Tim David, who has gone from a 10-15 ball number six to a player Australia trust to give them 40+ runs in quick time through the middle overs. Just the pure power of this team makes six-hitting look easy.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 12:35:48 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Abhishek Sharma still holds the key, but Hazlewood test is stern
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: The Asia Cup showed that while India might not be dependent on Abhishek Sharma as such, his impact on elevating this team into almost unbeatable territory is difficult to downplay. He is reliable for quick starts every single game, and always has the threat of going on to make huge scores. He goes up against his SRH opening partner Travis Head – in his debut series in Australia, can he keep doing what he has been doing so far?
He faces a massive obstacle, though: Josh Hazlewood is in sizzling form, almost unplayable at the moment. He will bowl two and maybe three in the powerplay, just to try and get Abhishek out early. The outcome of this contest will be crucial for the story of this match.
- 29 Oct 2025, 12:35:10 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Tilak Varma's back after Asia Cup heroics, but Sanju Samson not nailed down
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Following the top order will be a middle order unit that is likely to compose of Asia Cup final hero Tilak Varma, also in his first Australian series, and Sanju Samson. Tilak is a player the management is happy to back given his youth and his clear talent, but Sanju Samson is the one that has been shifted around to account for the team decisions around him.
This duo had a sensational time on similar pitches in South Africa just about 10 months ago, whacking centuries for fun and taking down bowlers on true pitches. That is what they are likely to get in Australia as well, which makes them a dangerous proposition.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 12:25:27 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Captain Suryakumar Yadav needs to be back amongst the runs
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Suryakumar Yadav's run of form has blown hot and cold in recent months, particularly in an India shirt. The truth is captain SKY needs to have a really good series just to find his mojo again, having struggled. It isn't that he has lost his touch – his sensational IPL earlier this year was one of the best individual campaigns in tournament history, earning him the MVP award. But that is the SKY that needs to show up for India, there is no doubt about that. His numbers don't look great going back to the start of last year, and that needs to change on this tour.
- 29 Oct 2025, 12:00:07 PM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: India's big miss is Hardik Pandya
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: India, meanwhile, are missing arguably their own key component to this team as well. The balance and flexibility Hardik Pandya provides can't be underestimated: he is good enough to be a third seamer in his own right, and has historically enjoyed batting in Australia a lot. With him missing due to injury, India will be struggling just a touch to find the right balance. Nitish Kumar Reddy might be ready to deputize for him, but if not, the visitors will likely be either a bowler or a batter short right through this series in their XIs.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 11:50:57 AM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Australia still battling a couple of key injuries and absences
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Australia are just short of their best unit in this team as well: arguably their two biggest gamechangers, Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa, won't be in the team. Maxwell will hope to be back by the third match as he recovers from injury, but Zampa is on paternity leave. Arguably Australia's most important bowler in this format, his absence will be felt – but provides the opportunity for spinners to fill his shoes.
- 29 Oct 2025, 11:40:46 AM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Jasprit Bumrah returns for India
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: With the T20 World Cup not too far away, the Indian management and Bumrah himself seem to have decided that getting him sharp for T20 cricket is more valuable than ODIs at the minute – which is perhaps why he was rested for the ODI series, but chosen for the shorter version of the game. It's been a controversial decision, as has most of the choices around Bumrah's load management, but now that he is in it is the result which will matter to him the most.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 11:30:03 AM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Mitchell Marsh's Australia's power revolution bears fruit
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: The disappointing elimination in the 2024 World Cup has led to Australia trying big changes in how their team is created. Power has become to go-to, with the numbers flooded with hulking six-hitters whose single direction is to go as hard as they can. And it has certainly has the effect they wanted: since they end of the 2024 World Cup, Australia have won 16 matches, and only lost twice. It is impressive opposition as well: a 4-1 thumping of England in England, followed by a 5-0 thumping of the Windies, and a couple of series wins over New Zealand and South Africa this year.
They are also very much a team in form.
- 29 Oct 2025, 11:20:09 AM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: India aim to continue T20I dominance
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Dominant is really the only word for how India have been all year in T20 cricket. In 38 matches played since the start of 2024 – encompassing series vs South Africa and England amongst others, as well as the Asia Cup and last year's T20 World Cup – India have only lost three matches. This is almost unheard of, and shows why India are the number one team in the world. However, this is probably their biggest challenge yet, as they face an extremely dangerous Australian team who have home advantage behind them.
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- 29 Oct 2025, 11:07:49 AM IST
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: HELLO AND WELCOME!
India vs Australia 1st T20I Live Updates: Welcome back to India's tour of Australia, as we head over to the Aussie capital of Canberra, where the Manuka Oval will host the first match of a five-game series. Both teams will see this as the continuation of their T20 World Cup 2026 preparation, against another who will see themselves as contenders if not favourites. We are sure to learn a lot about each team in the coming days.