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After competing against each other in the ODI World Cup 2023 final on Sunday, India will take on Australia at the Dr. Y. S. Rajashekar Reddy ACA–VDCA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, November 23. With such a quick turnaround, albeit in two different formats, these two cricket teams will have their task cut out in regards to giving their best possible performance to achieve a win in the first of five T20Is in the series.
Team India will be captained by Suryakumar Yadav, while his deputy will be Ruturaj Gaikwad for the upcoming series. For Australia, Matthew Wade will be in the captaincy role, while his deputy from the team management is not yet being announced.
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Some of the players who will be taking part in this T20I series after the ODI World Cup 2023 are the captain Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Prasidh Krishna, Travis Head, Steve Smith, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, and Adam Zampa. Meanwhile, some other players coming into the upcoming series after not playing any international cricket in the recent past are Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Matthew Short, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, and Tanveer Sangha, among others.
The weather for the first T20I between India and Australia at Visakhapatnam is going to be cloudy with a bit of rain around, especially in the afternoon time, heading into the evening hours when the match is scheduled to begin , as per the AccuWeather . With that, there are chances of a delayed toss, followed by a delayed start to the proceedings at the Dr. Y. S. Rajashekar Reddy ACA–VDCA International Cricket Stadium.
There is a 60% chance of rain with 20% of thunderstorms in Visakhapatnam during the day, which could make the outfield a bit wet before the first T20I. Although there is little to no possibility of rain during playing hours of the India versus Australia contest with temperature in the late 20s, which gives the fans the hope to see a full 40 overs of cricket.
