India Vs Australia Highlights, 1st T20I: Canberra Match Called Off Due To Rain

Good afternoon, cricket fans! Suryakumar and Co. will kick off the five-match T20I series against Australia at Canberra. After a trial by fire during the ODI series, the Men in Blue will seek redemption against the Aussies, especially considering that the T20 World Cup is just months away.

Stay tuned for toss updates and lineups as they are released.

• Fixture: India vs Australia 1st T20I

• Stadium: Manuka Oval, Griffith, Canberra

• Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025

• Time: 1:45 PM IST (7:15 PM local time)

• Live Streaming: JioHotstar

• Live Telecast: Star Sports Network

You can read our detailed live-streaming guide for the IND vs AUS 1st T20I match.

• Matches played: 32

• India wins: 20

• Australia wins: 11

• No results: 1

As per Google, the match will be pretty evenly contested. India are the tiniest bit of favourites, with a 51% chance of winning the Canberra T20I match. The hosts have a 49% chance of ending up as victors.

Read our detailed guide on who starts as favourites in this match.

India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (vc), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.

Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott (games 1-3), Xavier Bartlett, Mahli Beardman (games 3-5), Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis (games 4-5), Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood (games 1-2), Glenn Maxwell (games 3-5), Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis.

The Manuka Oval pitch is a bowler's haven, with the average T20 score hovering around the 144 mark. Today's match will most likely not see 200+ scores, but batters like Suryakumar and Abhishek will have the onus on them to get some runs under their belts in the series opener.

Australia won the toss and opted to bowl first. Read our detailed IND vs AUS 1st T20I toss update.

India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.

Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Philippe, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood.

At the toss, it was announced that India's all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has not fully recovered from the left quadricep injury that he suffered during the second ODI match at Adelaide Oval.

Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill are India's established opening pair in T20Is. Josh Hazlewood has the new ball for Australia, and he starts with a dot against Abhishek. There's a bit of an unexplained hold-up since, with both the batters having a conversation with the umpires.

It has been a quickfire start to the innings from Abhishek, with three boundaries in the first two overs. He hasn't always been in control of his swings, but for now, it has worked in favour of the Indian opener, who is utilising the width afforded by the Aussie pacers.

Abhishek Sharma OUT! Massive, massive scalp for the Australians. It was a back-of-the-hand delivery from Ellis, and the slower pace took Abhishek by surprise. The slog over mid-off only finds Tim David, who holds on to it.

The light drizzle has sort of intensified, and the covers are out. The players are walking off the pitch. There's an audible groan from the Indian crowd, but for now, it's little more than the lightest bit of rain. The action should resume soon.

Some positive signs in Canberra as the covers have come off. Hopefully, we can get down to the cricket soon, although it remains to be seen if we have lost any overs.

As per Varun Aaron on the live feed, the match will resume at 3:00 PM IST, with the match being reduced to 18 overs each. The powerplay will also be shortened. Stay tuned for more details.

More details:

• Match to resume at 3:00 PM IST

• Powerplay to be reduced to 5.2 overs each

• Three bowlers can bowl a maximum of four overs

• Two bowlers can bowl a maximum of three overs each

Suryakumar and Gill, India's captain and vice-captain, have walked out on the pitch as the match resumed. The two-ball powerplay is over, and there are no more field restrictions. Doesn't matter, really, as SKY punishes a full-toss from Stoinis, getting a boundary over mid-off.

The commentators were discussing how India haven't scored a boundary in 13 deliveries, and Shubman Gill silences that talk with a big slog sweep that flies over the mid-wicket ropes for SIX!

This is the second interruption of the day (or night, if you are in Australia), as the players are forced off the pitch with another round of drizzle. We have already lost four overs, and this is not looking good for the prospect of this contest.

The rain has eased a touch, but that drizzle just won’t go away. The square remains under covers, and the umpires are keeping a close watch. Overs continue to slip away as the ground staff wait for a proper break in the weather.

As most fans were expecting when the second rain interruption happened, the first T20I match has been called off. The drizzle has turned lighter, but there was little chance that the ground would have been ready before the 11:00 PM local time cut-off.