Towering fast bowler a late omission after suffering injury in warm-ups as Australia look to seal T20 series in Melbourne
Stanlake ruled out as India elect to bowl
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Australia have made one change to their XI for the second Gillette T20 at the MCG, after Billy Stanlake was a late scratching due to injury following a warm-up mishap.
Stanlake had been penciled in to retain his spot after taking 1-27 off three overs in the series-opener but rolled his ankle before play on Friday, captain Aaron Finch confirmed at the toss.
Image Id: 0FB5E9B114104BBD9494165FD1FAEF89 Image Caption: A very, very late scratching!Nathan Coulter-Nile has been brought into the side in Stanlake's place.
Finch's opposing number Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl first, with India not making changes to alterations to their team that went down by four runs on the DLS method in a rain-hit match at the Gabba on Wednedsay.
Australia XI: Aaron Finch (c), D'Arcy Short, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ben McDermott, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Adam Zampa. Late change with NCN in for Big Billy #AUSvIND%E2%80%94 cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 23, 2018
India XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmeed, Jasprit Bumrah. Unchanged #AUSvIND%E2%80%94 cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 23, 2018
Stanlake's injury is not thought to be overly serious, with Australia opting to take the conservative option. The two-metre tall Queenslander was spotted running on the MCG shortly after the toss.
Australia can seal the series with a win in Melbourne against the No.2 ranked T20 side India. The Aussies sit third on the ICC's rankings.
A damp outfield and overcast skies greeted the sides on Friday evening, and while rain subsided for the toss, the covers were brought back onto the pitch shortly after the toss was held.
Australia put together a convincing performance against India on Wednesday, with Glenn Maxwell hitting 46 off 24 balls before Marcus Stoinis kept his cool with a clutch final over.
Gillette T20s v India
November 21: Australia won by four runs (DLS method)
November 23: MCG
November 25: SCG
Australia T20 squad: Aaron Finch (c), Alex Carey, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott, D'Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa.
India T20 squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed.