Predicted Indian XI for 1st Australia-India T20I match

After losing the ODI series by 4-1, India would not like to repeat the same story in T20I series against Australia as some T20 specialists like Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh has come into Indian side to make a strong case to win this series because the road to the 2016 T20 World Cup will begin with the start of this T20 series. The last time India played a T20I series against South Africa at home and lost by 2-0 as they disappointed their fans but with the change in year, MS Dhoni would certainly like to change India’s fortune in T20 format by winning this series and for that first match of the series will be very important and that will decide India’s chances of series win over Australia.

Here, we look at the eleven players who would most likely be given the responsibility to make sure that India again gets a lifeline in T20 format as we have presented the predicted XI for the first T20I match between Australia and India in Adelaide:

1. Rohit Sharma

After smashing Australian bowlers in the recently concluded ODI series, Rohit Sharma will now aim to continue his form as we saw two sides of Rohit Sharma in his ODI career till now from being impeccable to rowdy, now he would like to be rowdy in T20I certainly and with other players struggling lower down the order along with some new players’ arrival, it is important for Rohit Sharma to give India a good start in first six overs to put India in a winning position or to help India to get to a respectable total if India is batting first.

As far as the numbers are concerned in T20I for Rohit Sharma, he has scored 867 runs in 44 T20I matches as he would like to reach to 1000 runs in this format and apart from this, his strike rate of 128.25 in T2oI matches is increasing his attribution as a T20I player of India.