File photo of Australia’s skipper Mitchell Starc.
| Photo Credit: PTI
Australia captain Mitchell Starc won the toss and opted to bowl first against India in the second T20 International in Melbourne on Friday (October 31, 2025).
India are playing an unchanged side while Australia have replaced Josh Philippe with Matthew Short.
The first T20I of the match-five series in Canberra was abandoned due to rain.
Teams:
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia: Mitchell Marsh(c), Travis Head, Josh Inglis(w), Tim David, Matthew Short, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood.
Published – October 31, 2025 01:46 pm IST
