Goemkarponn Desk
BENGALURU: Suryakumar Yadav-led India are set to host the Australian team in the fifth and last T20I match at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday, November 3.
Having already secured the series, the Indian cricket team is expected to tinker with their winning combination today.
Both Washington Sundar and Shivam Dube didn’t get a chance to prove their worth in the first four games and might get an opportunity today. On the other hand, Matthew Wade’s Australian side will be looking for a consolation win to finish the series on a positive note.
Earlier, India had managed to score 160 runs batting first at Bengaluru with Shreyas Iyer top scoring with 53. Axar Patel (31), Jitesh Sharma (24) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (21) all got starts but they could hang on to their wickets to help Iyer.
After Wade had won the toss and opted to bowl first at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday, the Indian team found it being reduced to 55 for four at one stage. It was Iyer’s resolute batting that held up one end as the Suryakumar Yadav-led team staggered past the 100-run mark in the 15th over.
India made one change to the XI as Arshdeep Singh came in for Deepak Chahar.
Australia too made one change: given the smaller boundaries they brought in pacer Nathan Ellis in place of off-spinner Chris Green.
In the series apart from the Raipur game, the pitches have been good for batting. Bengaluru is another ground where batters have enjoyed historically so we can expect another high-scoring game on the cards.
