Marsh opts to bat as Australia face India in final ODI
Australia skipper Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to bat in the third and final One-day International against India, here on Saturday.
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Australia made one change, bringing in Nathan Ellis in place of Xavier Bartlett.
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India skipper Shubman Gill brought in wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav and and Prasidh Krishna in place of pacer Arshdeep Singh and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
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Reddy missed the third ODI because of a left quadriceps injury.
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“Nitish Kumar Reddy sustained a left quadriceps injury during the second ODI in Adelaide and was subsequently unavailable for selection for the third ODI.
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The BCCI Medical Team is monitoring him on a daily basis,” said the team management in a statement.
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India are 0-2 down in the series having lost in Perth and Adelaide.
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India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
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Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Matt Renshaw, Alex Carey(w), Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Nathan Ellis, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.