NEW DELHI: India's poor luck with the toss has been a recurring theme in recent months. After losing 18 consecutive tosses in ODIs, their fortunes didn’t improve as the trend continued into the first two T20Is against Australia.

However, on Sunday (November 2), fortune finally favoured the Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav. The moment Surya won the toss, he couldn't hide his delight - raising both fists in celebration before sharing a light-hearted hug with his Australian counterpart Mitchell Marsh, who joined in the laughter.

"We are going to bowl first. The ball will come on nicely to the bat in the 2nd innings. Happy to take it one game at a time," Surya said after winning the toss.

India made three changes in the playing XI, bringing in Jitesh Sharma, Arshdeep Singh and Washington Sundar in place of Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav.

Australia made one change, bringing in Sean Abbott in place of pacer Josh Hazlewood.

The first T20I of the five-match series in Canberra was abandoned due to rain, while the second was won by Australia.

Teams:

Australia: Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Matt Short, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Sean Abbott, and Matt Kuhnemann.

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