India will be up against Australia in the fifth of the five-match T20I series. This article provides details about India’s Playing 11 vs Australia for the fifth match of the series.
India Playing XI vs Australia- 5th T20I, India Tour of Australia 2025:
Openers: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill
The Men in Blue would like to continue the momentum that they have on their side in the ongoing T20I series against and make it three wins from three games to win another T20I series in Australia.
The visitors were clinical with the ball while defending a par total of 167 runs in the fourth T20I and won the match by 48 runs in the end.
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The inaugural T20 World Cup winners would want to replicate a similar performance in the final game of their tour of Australia to end with a win.
India will open the batting with Abhishek Sharma and Shubman, both of whom adjusted well to the tricky batting conditions that were on offer in the last match and assessed that the match-winning score on that surface was around 160-170.
Individually as well, both batters curtailed their natural game in accordance with the surface, especially Abhishek, who played a vital knock of 28 runs off 21 balls at the top of the order and gave support to Gill, who scored 46 runs.
The duo would want to deliver another strong performance in the final T20I to increase India’s chances of winning the game.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar
Amidst a sensible performance from the openers in the last game, the only area of concern for the visitors heading into the fifth and final T20I at The Gabba would be the inability of the middle order to convert starts into big scores.
Yes, there is no denying the fact that the pitch for the fourth T20I wasn’t a typical T20 wicket, but given the experience in the middle order, one would expect the batters to carry on if they get off to a start.
That is exactly what the likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, and Shivam Dube would be entrusted to do if India wants to clinch another series in this format.
India will have to score a minimum of 180-190 while batting first in the next match, as the conditions are expected to be good for batting.
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
If we talk about the bowling in the previous match, the bowlers did a fine job while defending a score of 167 runs, and they would want to do more of the same.
Credit must be given to Suryakumar Yadav as well for the way he marshaled his troops and backed them, which was evident by the fact that he backed Shivam Dube to bowl to someone like Tim David, who hit him for a six but was dismissed on the very next ball.
The team’s plan was well executed by fast bowlers and spinners alike, with Axar and Varun bowling an over each in the power play, which paid dividends as Axar broke the opening partnership.
In the fast bowling department as well, Arshdeep, who went for a few runs in his first spell, came back strongly in the middle overs to restrict the batters from scoring freely, with Bumrah backing him up from the other end.
The bowling attack looked like a well-rounded unit in the previous match, and that is the reason why the visitors are expected to go with the same resources in the final game.
