IND v AUS 2020, 3rd T20I: India's predicted playing XI

Middle order: Virat Kohli (c), Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer

Can Virat Kohli enter the Test series on a high note?

Virat Kohli may look to get another T20 game in, and get another shot at registering a big score this series, by playing the final T20I against Australia. India's star batsman and all-format skipper has looked in good touch, and should walk into the Test series full of confidence.

Manish Pandey did little to suggest he is what India needs in the middle order in the first T20I, and it will be a left-field move if India play him. Sanju Samson showed the ability to punish errors in line and length in his two brief innings this series, and will most likely be persisted with at one of No. 4 and No. 5.

Shreyas Iyer struck a 111-metre six as one of the highlights of the second T20I, and showed an ability to finish off games if needed. He inspired more confidence than he did in the ODIs, where he was dismissed despite having ample time to get in. He may be considered as a No. 5 option to come behind the more expressive Samson in the line-up.