Suryakumar Yadav celebrates in Mitchell Marsh's face after winning the toss
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Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav celebrated winning the toss for the first time in the series. The skipper won the toss and threw his hands in the air out of utter joy as Mitchell Marsh, the Australian skipper, hugged and congratulated him, too.
India kicked off their campaign at the Capital city of Canberra, where rain had washed out play during the first T20I. They advanced to the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the defending champions in T20s suffered a humiliating low, being bowled out for just 125 runs.
This game is played at Hobart and the action will be shifted to Carrara on the 6th of November.
Suryakumar Yadav wins maiden toss; Leaps and celebrates with Australian skipper
The Indian team has faced a defeat already in the series and is 1-0 down already in the series. The Indian contingent moved to Hobart for the third match of the 5-match T20I series. India, for the first time, won the toss in the series, and Suryakumar Yadav's reaction shows it all.
The skipper saw the coin fall in his favour and leapt into the air with joy. He raised his hands above and celebrated with a broad smile on his face, which also led the Australian skipper to smile and share a heartwarming hug with the Indian captain.
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Suryakumar Yadav opts to field first at Hobart
The Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav eon a toss after a long long wait. He even mocked himself saying that he will need to get a Pooja done in order to bring his fortunes back in his favour.
As Yadav wins the toss for the first time in Australia he has opted to have a go with the ball considering the pitch would play better for batting in the second innings.
“We are going to bowl first. The ball will come on nicely to the bat in the 2nd innings. Happy to take it one game at a time. We have three changes," Suryakumar Yadav said after winning the toss.
“It’s a belter of a wicket. Want to get off to a good start and post a big total. We have just the one change," said the Australian skipper at the toss.
India go in with three big changes after Second T20I loss
India lost the previous game, while Sanju Samson failed on another of occassion with the bat, Kuldeep Yadav went for 45 runs in his 3 overs. This forced the Indian management to make some changes going into the third game of the series.
Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav have been dropped while Jitesh Sharma, Arshdeep Singh and Washington Sundar came into the playing XI.
"We have three changes – Jitesh, Arshdeep and Washington come in," Suryakumar Yadav said after winning the toss.
Australia however made only a single change in the form of Sean Abbott replacing Josh Hazlewood. Abbott is in for Hazlewood," Mitch Marsh said at the toss.
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