January 02, 2026 11:48 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
‘Epicentre of misgovernance’: Rahul Gandhi blasts Madhya Pradesh govt over deadly water contamination | After Mamdani's letter, 8 US lawmakers push 'fair trial' for Umar Khalid amid UAPA case | ‘Bad neighbours’: Jaishankar shreds Pakistan, defends India’s right to act against cross-border terror | New Year gift for rail passengers! PM Modi to flag off first Vande Bharat sleeper in January | ‘Rs 1 lakh for his tongue’: Shah Rukh Khan faces threats after KKR signs Mushtafizur Rahman amid violence against Hindus in Bangladesh | New Year horror in Switzerland: Dozens feared dead in Crans-Montana bar explosion | Tobacco stocks crushed as govt slaps fresh excise duty from Feb 1 | Vodafone Idea shares explode 10% after surprise settlement and govt relief boost | No third party involved: India govt sources refute China’s Operation Sindoor ceasefire claim | Amit Shah blasts TMC over border fencing; Mamata fires back on Pahalgam and Delhi blast

First ODI: Australia win toss, elect to bat first

| @indiablooms | Mar 02, 2019, at 01:24 pm

Hyderabad, Mar 2 (IBNS): Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the first One Day International (ODI) match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Saturday.

Finch announced one change in his team for the ODI. Alex Carey will play in place of Jhye Richardson.

Ravindra Jadeja will replace Yuzvendra Chahal in the Indian team.

India will look to begin the series with a win as the men-in-blue were beaten by Australia in the two-match T20I series 2-0.

This is the last ODI series India are playing before the ICC World Cup 2019.

Australia XI: A Finch, U Khawaja, M Stoinis, P Handscomb, G Maxwell, A Turner, A Carey, N Coulter-Nile, P Cummins, J Behrendorff, A Zampa.

India XI: R Sharma, S Dhawan, V Kohli, A Rayudu, K Jadhav, MS Dhoni, V Shankar, R Jadeja, K Yadav, M Shami, J Bumrah.

Image Credit: ICC Twitter

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.