Australia fields first in 4th Twenty20 against India

By Canadian Press on November 6, 2025.

GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — Australia won the toss and chose to field first in the fourth Twenty20 cricket international against India on Thursday.

The five-match series is tied at 1-1 after Australia won the second match by three wickets at Melbourne after the first match at Canberra was washed out.

India level the series with a five-wicket victory at Hobart in the third match.

The hosts made four changes with Adam Zampa, Ben Dwarshuis, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Philippe coming in.

Maxwell returns from a wrist injury and replaces Travis Head, who has withdrawn from the rest of the series to prepare for the Ashes against England later this month.

India have named un unchanged team.

Opening batter Abishek Sharma needs 39 runs to reach 1000 runs in T20 internationals. If Abhishek reaches the mark Thursday at Carrara Stadium he would equal Virat Kohli’s record of 27 innings as the fastest for India.

The the final game is in Brisbane on Saturday.

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Lineups:

Australia: Matt Short, Mitchell Marsh (captain), Josh Inglis, Tim David, Josh Philippe, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Xavier Bartlett, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa

India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Dube, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.

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