Australia opt to bowl against India in the first T20I

Aaron Finch won the toss and decided to bowl.

Australian skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and decided to bowl in the first of the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket series here at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.

Gujarat all-rounder Hardik Pandya makes his debut for India.

The teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin.

Australia: Aaron Finch (captain), Steve Smith, David Warner, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, Shane Watson, Shaun Tait, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Kane Richardson, Cameron Boyce.