Australia opt to bowl against India in the first T20I

Australian skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and decided to bowl in the first of the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket series here at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.

Gujarat all-rounder Hardik Pandya makes his debut for India.

The teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin.

Australia: Aaron Finch (captain), Steve Smith, David Warner, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, Shane Watson, Shaun Tait, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Kane Richardson, Cameron Boyce.