The opening Twenty20 International (T20I) of the three-match series between host Australia and India will be played Tuesday at Adelaide Oval.
Watch the live stream here and here and the live scores here and here. The twenty over match starts at 6:08 p.m. local time (7:38 a.m. GMT/ 2:38 a.m. ET/1 p.m. IST) on Jan. 26.
Australia has clinched a presiding five-match One Day International (ODI) series by 4-1. The hosts registered back-to-back victories in first four matches of the series before India managed to win the fifth ODI on Saturday.
Aussie allrounder Glenn Maxwell will miss the Adelaide T20 due to an injury. He will return to the squad for second T20, which will be played on Jan. 29.
"He has still got a little slight hamstring niggle so ...he will spend a few days in Melbourne at home and join the squad when we get there in a couple of days," acting coach Michael Di Venuto said, according to DNA India.
India also suffered a massive setback ahead of series as Ajinkya Rahane and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are likely to miss the T20 series due to injuries, according to Cricket.com.au.
Australia is hosting India for five ODIs and three T20Is. Both sides are keen to use the series for the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 world cup scheduled in March and April.
The probable squads:
Australia
Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steve Smith, Shane Watson, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, John Hastings, Shaun Marsh, Cameron Boyce, Nathan Lyon, Chris Lynn, Travis Head, Kane Richardson, Andrew Tye, Scott Boland, Shaun Tait
India
Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishi Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra
