India vs Australia 2nd T20I: Toss report and playing XI details

India are already 1-0 up in the T20I series and the Men in Blue will be looking to carry forward the momentum to seal the series.

As for the team news, Shardul Thakur, who was named as a replacement for injured Ravindra Jadeja in the T20 squad, replaces Mohammed Shami, who has been given a rest ahead of the much anticipated Test series.

Shreyas Iyer and Yuzvendra Chahal also come in for injured Manish Pandey and Ravindra Jadeja respectively.

Captain @imVkohli has won the toss in the 2nd T20I and #TeamIndia are bowling first. pic.twitter.com/ajsRMPl5eb

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 6, 2020

Australia, meanwhile, have been forced into a lot of changes from the first T20I with captain Aaron Finch, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood being replaced by Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams and Andrew Tye. In Finch’s absence vice-captain Wade leads the team.

Here is the playing XI for India vs Australia, 2nd T20I:

Australia: D Arcy Short, Marcus Stoinis, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper/captain), Daniel Sams, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Swepson, Adam Zampa, Andrew Tye

India: KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan, Yuzvendra Chahal