India vs Australia T20Is: Ideal playing XI for India in the first T20I

#8 Krunal Pandya

Krunal will look to seal his place

The older Pandya brother has all but sealed a place for himself in T20 side after his all-around performance across both of India's recent tours. Krunal Pandya has so far bagged the Man of the match award twice in his short 9-match T20 career for India which is amazing, to say the least.

He and Dinesh Karthik almost sealed the game for India in the 3rd T20I but fell short. He will look to continue his good run in the team and do his chances no harm for the future.

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#9 Umesh Yadav

Umesh may be in the reckoning

Umesh Yadav will be once again making a comeback to the T20 setup after missing out in the last tour. There is a chance that a good showing here will make him the 4th pacer to go to the World Cup, as Khaleel Ahmed and Siraj have both been dropped from the side.

He will most likely replace Khaleel who played the last T20I against the Kiwis.