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India To Bat First; Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Jitesh Sharma, Mukesh Kumar Get In For 4th T20I

image-lpmmm46uIndia's captain Suryakumar Yadav, left, and Australia's captain Matthew Wade [Ap photos]

At Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, a pivotal moment unfolded as Australia won the toss and elected to bowl again in the highly anticipated 4th T20I of the five-match series against India. Australian captain Matthew Wade, in a strategic move, chose to chase, setting the stage for an exciting clash between these cricketing powerhouses.

Both teams are set to make some major changes in the playing XIs. In a surprising turn of events, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Kishan, and Tilak Varma, who played in the previous match, have been rested. In their places, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, and Jitesh Sharma come into the playing XI.

Talking about the Australia's changes, there are five changes on their side, with Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Nathan Ellis, and Kane Richardson making way. In their places, Josh Phillippe, Ben McDermott, Ben Dwarshuis, Chris Green, and Matt Short join Australia's playing XI.


Playing XI's:

Australia Playing XI: Josh Philippe, Travis Head, Ben McDermott, Aaron Hardie, Tim David, Matthew Short, Matthew Wade (c and wk), Ben Dwarshuis, Chris Green, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha

India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Kumar

Captain's Quote:

Suryakumar Yadav (India Captain): "Yeah, we would have loved to bowl first as well. With the way our batting unit is firing, I don't mind batting first. 

"It is a pretty good wicket. I think this is the first T20I on this venue as well. We need to see how this one goes. 

"We have four changes. Mukesh Kumar comes in for Prasidh Krishna. Shreyas Iyer comes in for Tilak Varma. Deepak Chahar comes in for Arshdeep Singh. Well, one more, ahh... Not remembering. Yeah thanks..."


Matthew Wade (Australia Captain): "We are gonna have a bowl again. We've got 5 changes. Stoinis, Maxwell, Inglis, Ellis, Richardson; there might be another one I forgot. Green, Dwarshius, Phillippe, McDermott, I am forgetting one. 

Credit to selectors and the coaching staff. They made the call a few days ago with the World cup guys going home so everyone is pretty clear on what's expected. Very excited to see new faces play for Australia as I said at the start of the tour seeing guys play in this country is really exciting and they are ready to get out there."