India vs Australia 3rd ODI: Australia Bats First, Aaron Finch Returns

Australia won the toss and decided to bat first in the third One-Day International at Holkar Stadium, Indore. The visitors have done to changes to the team that lost in the last game,  bringing in Aaron Finch for Hilton Cartwright while Matthew Wade has made way for Peter Handscomb. The hosts have remained unchanged.

Here is what the captains said:

Steve Smith:

“We are going to bat. Hopefully we can post a good total. Finch and Handscomb are playing.”

Virat Kohli:

“We would have batted first as well. The pitch could play better for the batsmen under lights, maybe it will be a little slow during the day when it is dry. We are playing the same team.”

Playing eleven of both the teams:

Australia:

Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steven Smith(c), Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Peter Handscomb(w), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Kane Richardson

India:

Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli(c), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

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