Will compete with India Australia In the first match of the five-match T20 series. This article provides details about the playing 11 of Australia vs India for the first match of the series.
Australia Playing XI vs India – 1st T20I, India tour of Australia 2025:
Openers: Mitch Marsh (captain), Josh Philippe
The Kangaroos will be looking to make a winning start to the five-match T20 series against India to build on the series win they registered in ODIs ahead of the upcoming T20 series.
The Mitchell Marsh-led side has chosen a different squad for different games of the five-match series keeping in mind the Ashes series against England.
The home team has decided to rest Travis Head for the entire series, which means Mitchell Marsh will get a new partner at the top of the order.,
Mitchell Marsh is expected to open the innings along with Josh Philippe, who was also a part of the three-match ODI series against India.,
The batsman will be tasked with the job that Head has done opening the box over the past year, and will provide good support to Marsh, who has been in good form and will look to continue that in this particular game.,
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Matthew Short, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Owen, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper).
The opening pair will be followed by a middle order comprising T20 specialists like Matthew Short, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Owen, who can single-handedly win games for Australia.
Another who could bat higher up the order, perhaps at number four, is Josh Inglis, who returns to the Australian setup after missing the recently concluded ODI series, where he was replaced by Josh Philippe.
Although the middle-order looks strong, the only concern for the home team will be the lack of depth in their batting department, which bats up to number seven.
Due to the above reason, the responsibility of scoring most of the runs for the team will be on the top five batsmen.
Bowlers: Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Tanvir Sangha
If we talk about the bowling stock for the T20 series, then before the start of the opening match of the series, the team has suffered a big blow, Adam Zampa is not available for selection due to personal reasons.
Tanvir Sangha has been included in the team in place of Zampa and he may get a chance to play in the first T20 match in Canberra.
Apart from the inclusion of Sangha, Australia will also have the services of fast bowlers Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis and Josh Hazlewood, who will have to take the responsibility of taking 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 Shott, while Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Owen will play the role of fast bowling all-rounders.
