Live Cricket Score, India vs Australia, 1st T20: Australia beat India by three wickets

The players now making their way out for their respective national anthems. We are not far away from the first ball now. Also, a minute of silence is being observed after the National Anthems for the lives lost in the recent terror attack.

Indian skipper, Virat Kohli, says they wanted to bowl first as well. Mentions it looks a good pitch to bat on and dew also might not play a factor. Further adds bowling second is something they don't mind. States he hasn't been watching a lot of cricket, he took a few days to get fresh and now he is ready to go. Informs KL Rahul, Umesh Yadav come in. Ends by saying Mayank Markande makes his debut.

Australian skipper, Aaron Finch, says that the wicket will not change much and hence he wants to chase. Mentions that they are giving a debut to Peter Handscomb and that they want to put in some consistent performances as a team. Laughs and says that they almost know too much about the opposition because of playing each other very often and just coming off a complete tour. Signs off by informing us that D'Arcy Short will be partnering him in the opening slot.

TOSS - Australia have won the toss and elected to bowl first.

PITCH REPORT - Murali Karthik with the pitch report along with Sunil Gavaskar. Moving towards the surface, the latter feels that the cracks and patches on the surface will help the spinners. Reckons that the home side may play a couple or even three spinners. Also feels that the new ball will come on nicely to the bat. As far as the coin flip is concerned, the experts say that the team winning the toss would like to bat first. The minimum score that the team batting first would look for would be around 160 or above they feel.

Hello and welcome to the first T20I between India and Australia. A contest between two teams that have a habit of providing existing contests. The first one is being played at Visakhapatnam. The Indians are big time favorites, one, as their playing at home and second because they have gotten the better over the visitors in the recent past, especially in India. Both the teams though will be eager to kick start this series with a win. Stay tuned for the pitch report, toss and team news in a while.