India and Australia were last seen in a T20 game at Bridgetown in May, 2010 where Australia won by 49 runs. Out of total 4 clashes so far, both team have won two games each. The first match will be played at Sydney while the second match will be played at Melbourne. Australia is currently better ranked than India at No. 5, while India is at No. 7 position, but don’t forget it was India who surprised everybody when they won the inaugural edition of T20 World Cup. India have brought in dynamic limited over’s specialist Suresh Raina while Rohit Sharma was already with them during the test series. It will be testing time for Newcomer’s Rahul Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar and Manoj Tiwary . Irfan Pathan makes a comeback to the team while Parthiv Patel retains his place. For Australia, the biggest challenge will be for new Captain George Bailey who has so many expectations in his debut match. Shaun Marsh and David Warner are the only two players that played against India in the tests, Australian strength draws from plenty of fresh legs in the side. 40 year old spinner Brad Hogg makes a comeback to the team after an impressive show in the Big Bash. Sourc
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