• Australia are 54 for 1 after 5.3 overs
• Australia begin chase
• India finish at 208 for 6 after 20 overs
• Hardik Pandya scores fifty
• India 176 for 5 after 18 overs
• India 160 for 5 after 17 overs
• Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya in the middle
• India 146 for 5 after 15.5 overs
• India lose Surya Kumar Yadav too
• Rahul is dismissed on 55
• Rahul scores fifty
• India are 86 for 2 after 10 overs
• India are 79 for 2 after 9 overs
• Rahul, Surya Kumar Yadav steer ship
• Rohit, Virat dismissed
• Rohit Sharma and Kl Rahul off to decent start

Australia skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to field against India in the series-opening first T20I here on Tuesday.

The big-hitting Tim David is making his debut for Australia.

For India, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant are not playing this game. Dinesh Karthik will keep the wickets for the hosts.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Australia: Aaron Finch (C), Cameron Green, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.