Jos Buttler wins the toss and chooses to bowl first – however Australia’s skipper Pat Cummins instantly declares he would have batted first anyway. Runs on the board have been the important thing for every of Australia’s previous three victories.
Australia lineup as anticipated with Cameron Inexperienced and Marcus Stoinis in for Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh. England are unchanged, leaving Harry Brook on the bench, and holding David Willey within the facet after his abrupt worldwide retirement in mid-week.
About 33C and steaming situations in Ahmedabad. England’s earlier go to to the venue was for the opening towards New Zealand – a middling whole by England was chased down with acres of time and overs to spare by the Black Caps as night dew got here down.
Malcolm Conn observes that spectators usually are not precisely pouring into the 130,000 capability Narendra Modi Stadium: “The group have to be coming with a late rush. The world’s largest cricket stadium is sparsely populated with largely with blue shirts for India. A smattering of yellow shirts. Simply what number of Australians is unsure, provided that some employees are additionally carrying yellow. Good for optics.”
TEAMS
Australia: David Warner, Travis Head, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Cameron Inexperienced, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (capt), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
England: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wooden