Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Australian captain cheekily replied to match presenter Ravi Shastri's question on playing combinations, saying, "11 players, few batters, few bowlers and few all-rounders." Speaking from Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav's point of view, it was not a bad toss to lose, as he wanted to bat first. Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Jitesh Sharma and Rinku Singh will be missing the match today. After being rested for the ODI series, India's prime pacer Jasprit Bumrah is back on the turf too. Well, speaking about Nitish Reddy, he has been ruled out from the first three T20I matches owing to a left quadricep strain which he sustained during the second ODI of the tour Playing XI of Australia: Travis Head, Mitch Marsh (C), Josh Inglis, Tim David, Mitch Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Philippe, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood Playing XI for India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Sanju Samson (wk), Harshit Rana, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah Read also: AB de Villiers Predicts Virat Kohli’s ODI Future, IPL Longevity India likely to overcome ODI series defeat in the T20Is India will be playing five T20I matches in Australia, and the coach, Gautam Gambhir, might look to overcome a not-so-wanted recent record against Australia, especially with a different captain. Australia has just defeated India by 2-1 in the recently concluded three-match ODI series. Thanks to Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, India managed to save themselves from a whitewash. Earlier, Australia broke India's unbeaten streak of winning the Border-Gavaskar Series, as the guests had thrashed India by 3-1. In the last five T20I matches between the two, India won four of them. The final win against Australia was in late 2023 when the team had toured India for three ODI matches and 5 T20I matches. Coming back to Canberra, there are clouds, and the pitch is green, with a nice grass cover. For the ball, there can be some lateral movements. Apparently, it looks good for batting, according to former Indian wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel.