India Captian MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field in the Twenty20 international against Australia at the Sydney Olympic stadium. After the stipulated 20 overs, Australia posted a challenging 171/4.

India are coming off a 4-0 Test series drubbing and are looking to turn a new page in the shorter version of the game.

The match is being played under grey skies, with some chance of rain interrupting proceedings over the course of the evening.

Australia and India have two wins each in their four T20 international games.

Teams
Australia: George Bailey (capt), David Warner, Matthew Wade, Travis Birt, David Hussey, Mitchell Marsh, Daniel Christian, James Faulkner, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Xavier Doherty.

India: M.S. Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Pravin Kumar.

Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (AUS), Paul Reiffel (AUS)
TV umpire: Simon Fry (AUS)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)