India will compete against each other Australia in the first of the five-match T20I series. This article provides details of Australia’s Playing 11 vs India for the first match of the series.
Australia Plays XI vs India – 1st T20I, India Tour of Australia 2025:
Openers: Mitch Marsh (c), Josh Phillippe
Kangaroos would want to get off to a winning start to the five-match T20I series against India to build on the series win they registered in the ODIs leading up to the upcoming T20I series.
The Mitchell Marsh-led side have changed sides for several matches of the five-match series, keeping the Ashes series against England in mind.
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The home side have decided to rest Travis Head for the entire series, meaning Mitchell Marsh will have a new partner at the top of the table.
Mitchell Marsh is expected to open the innings with Josh Philippe, who was also part of the three-match ODI series against India.
The batting will be entrusted with the work that Head has done over the past year in opening the batting, and will provide good support to Marsh, who is in good form and would like to carry that into this particular game..
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Matthew Short, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Owen, Josh Inglis (wk)
The opening duo is followed by a middle order consisting of T20 specialists such as Matthew Short, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Owen, all of whom can single-handedly win the match for Australia.
Another player who may be higher up the batting order, likely at number four, is Josh Inglis, who is making a comeback to the Australian line-up after missing the recently concluded ODI series where he was replaced by Josh Philippe.
While the middle order looks strong, the only concern for the home side would be the lack of depth in the batting department, which extends to number seven.
For the above reason, it is up to the top five hitters who have to score the majority of the runs for the team.
Bowlers: Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Tanveer Sangha
If we talk about the bowling stocks for the T20I series, the team has suffered a huge blow before the start of the opening match of the series with Adam Zampa unavailable for selection due to personal reasons.
Tanveer Sangha has been added to the squad in place of Zampa and may get a match in the first T20I in Canberra.
Apart from the inclusion of Sangha Australia, it will also have the services of fast bowlers Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis and Josh Hazlewood, who will have to take the responsibility of picking wickets in all three phases of the innings.
Sangha is expected to be the only specialist spinner in the playing XI for the first T20I and will be assisted by the part-time spin of Matthew Shot, while Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Owen will fill the role of fast bowling all-rounders.
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