India's Shikhar Dhawan (L) walks away after he is bowled for 1 run by Australia's Mitchell Starc (R) during their T20 international cricket match at Manuka Oval, in Canberra. (Photo | AP) 
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Australia opt to field against India in first T20I

Australia won the toss and opted to bowl in the first T20 International against India in Canberra on Friday.

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CANBERRA: Australia won the toss and opted to bowl in the first T20 International against India here on Friday.

For India, Thangarasu Natarajan is making his debut.

Lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been rested as part of the team's workload management.

Teams:

India: Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul(w), Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami, T Natarajan

Australia: D Arcy Short, Aaron Finch(c), Matthew Wade(w), Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

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