India vs Australia 1st T20I Highlights: Rinku finishes off thrilling chase, IND win by 2 wickets

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w/c), Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: Suryakumar Yadav has won the toss and India will bowl first.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: It is overcast in Vizag, and there is grass on the pitch. Very good pitch, quick outfield.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: Today's action is brought to you straight from the sunny shores of Visakhapatnam, which won't be too sunny of course because the match starts at 7pm. Then we go Thiruvananthapuram, where there is sure to be no mention of the words 'Sanju' and 'Samson' at all of course. That second game will be on Sunday, which will finally mark a week after the World Cup final but we can't wait for those things so we would already be almost halfway through the series involving both teams that played in the final. Completely normal in top level sports of course. The third T20I will be played in Guwahati on November 28, the fourth in Raipur on December 1 and the fifth on December 3 in Bengaluru.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: Travis Head, Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w/c), Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha, Kane Richardson, Aaron Hardie

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Washington Sundar, Avesh Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Jitesh Sharma

The all-rounder said that his mindset stays the same as it was before he sustained the injury. "The mindset remains the same as what it was before I had to miss the World Cup due to injury. But I am fit again and am keen on doing well in all departments of the game. I have not made any changes and am focusing on the processes. I don't want to make much changes to my mindset. I am not looking at this series from the view that I am among the senior players in the team now. I just want to continue doing what I was before the injury," Axar said.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: He missed the bus because of the injury he sustained in the Asia Cup. Now he is back in the side for the five-match T20I series against Australia. "Everyone knows that we suffered a heartbreak in the World Cup final. But it's time to move on. We have a young team that will play Australia in the T20Is. All of us are keen to prove that we belong here. There's a lot of energy in the team. It's just that we have only 10-11 T20 international matches to go before the T20 World Cup to make an impression. So, all of us have been told to play according to our strengths. There's no need for us to do something brand new. We have been told to express ourselves and move ahead. We have five matches against Australia and all of us know that they are a good side. We are not going to put ourselves under undue pressure. We will try and enjoy the games we play," Axar told JioCinema.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: Ishan Kishan is in this squad and so you would think that this is a no-brainer. But the team sheet put out by the BCCI shows Jitesh Sharma as the only designated wicketkeeper.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: Suryakumar Yadav is captaining India in this series. He is the ninth player to lead India in T20Is since 2021 and fourth this year after Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Ruturaj Gaikwad.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: The ODI World Cup may be over but that only means that we are now going to start building up to the T20 World Cup next year. SKY has that perspective in mind going into this series, despite the fact that it comes just three days after the World Cup final. "Keeping the T20 World Cup in mind, the games we are going to play till then are very important. My message to them [younger players] is very clear: be fearless and do whatever it takes to help the team. And they have been doing that in the IPL; they have played a lot domestic cricket as well recently. So they are in a good nick, which I have heard from our support staff," he said.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: These two sides have faced each other 26 times in T20Is. India have won 15 of those, Australia 10 and one has ended without a result.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: That is what captain Matthew Wade is saying. Especially the new faces who will now be sharing the dressing room with the World Cup winners. “Really excited as a collective to be here and get the opportunity to do this. You know, we've got a few guys that are crossing over from the World Cup and also have a lot of fresh faces here. They're excited to be in India and play for Australia for the first time in this country,” he said

Suryakumar Yadav expressed admiration for Rohit Sharma's captaincy, noting that the Indian skipper 'walked the talk' throughout the World Cup 2023. "That is one thing that will set an example for youngsters. What he has done in the World Cup was a completely different Rohit Sharma - he literally walked the talk. What was spoken in the team meetings, he did that on the ground. As a leader, he led by example and we will try to replicate the same thing," Suryakumar Yadav said during the pre-match press conference on Wednesday.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: Suryakumar Yadav is captaining India in this series and he was pretty clear on what he wants the team to do. "When I met the squad in the afternoon today, I told them to be very selfless when you go into the field. Because I'm a guy who doesn't think too much about personal milestones but instead thinks of a team's goal. And I've always told them that you have to keep the team first"

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: Among the plethora of discourse that has emerged since the end of the World Cup is the interesting exchange between Mohammad Kaif and, well, pretty much all Australian fans and anyone else who is of the view that winning the World Cup final automatically makes you the best team of the tournament, regardless of what happened before it. Kaif said the best team of the tournament, which he feels was India, did not win the trophy, and among those in opposition to that view is none other than David Warner himself. Kaif has made the most recent punch in this discourse thus far, saying this on X: “Facts: It was Australia's day in final, they won, they are World Cup winners. More facts: India comprehensively won 10 games, they lost 11th, they had the best bowlers and batters. They were the tournament's best team. Both facts, on paper and on field. Relax Australia.”

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: Any international player would tell you that no international series is irrelevant for them since they are representing their country. However, one has to think. Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith and Adam Zampa had just won a World Cup on the Sunday that just went by. Three days later, they aren't celebrating with friends and families. They are instead preparing with the rest of the team to play a T20I series in India, who of course have managed to rest most of the players that played in the final of the World Cup. Isn't the time you get to celebrate after a World Cup almost as special as winning the coveted trophy itself?

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st T20I: India: Ishan Kishan(w), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Washington Sundar, Avesh Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Jitesh Sharma

Australia: Travis Head, Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w/c), Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha, Kane Richardson, Aaron Hardie

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS T20 Series: Hello and good afternoon everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of today's India vs Australia match, as both sides begin their post-ODI World Cup campaign with this T20I series. Stay tuned folks!