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Toss
Mitchell Marsh wins the toss and elects to bowl first on the unfamiliar deck at Gold Coast Stadium. This is just the third men’s international at the venue but Australia are certainly comfortable bowling first no matter where they play.
Suryakumar Yadav says it looks similar to India conditions so they would have batted first even if they had won the toss. The India captain’s eyes are lighting up at what he thinks is a large ground with lots of space to hit the ball into.
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Preamble
Martin Pegan
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the fourth T20 international between Australia and India at Gold Coast Stadium in Carrara. The series is all up for grabs after India made it 1-1 with a five-wicket victory in Hobart on Sunday. The opening match was washed out before Australia took an early lead in Melbourne.
While the two rivals will always be out to get one over the other, there is no denying that the series is being overshadowed, at least for the hosts, by the Ashes that begin in little more than two weeks. Australia’s Test squad named yesterday includes Travis Head and Sean Abbott who have now left the T20 group to ramp up preparations for red-ball fixtures, leaving Josh Inglis as the only player to still be in both lineups. Glenn Maxwell is expected to be the player to come in for Head with Matthew Short an option to open.
India have many more players to choose from especially after Washington Sundar steered them to victory in his first game in the series on Sunday, while Nitish Kumar Reddy could return from injury.
First ball will be at 6.15pm in Gold Coast / 7.15pm AEDT / 1.45pm IST. The toss and team news will be coming up shortly. Meanwhile, let us know your thoughts and predictions – shoot me an email or find me @martinpegan on Bluesky or X. Let’s get into it!
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Updated at 02.49 EST
