Mumbai: India's stand-in skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first against Australia in the first ODI in Mumbai today, March 17. Hardik is leading the team in the absence of regular skipper Rohit Sharma, who is unavailable for the fixture due to family commitments.

Four quick bowlers namely Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Hardik, and Mohammed Siraj, and two spinners namely Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav, made up the Indian playing XI.

Josh Inglis replaced Alex Carey for Australia after Carey had to return home due to sickness.

Because of David Warner's incomplete recovery from his elbow fracture, Mitchell Marsh, an all-around player, will start the innings in his place.

India Final Squad: Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, and Mohammed Shami make up Team India. Hardik Pandya serves as captain.

Australia Final Squad : Steven Smith (captain), Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, and Adam Zampa are the members of the Australian team.

For the opening ODI, India has selected a solid starting lineup, going with four pacers in Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj,  Mohammed Shami, and Hardik Pandya. Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja both make their ODI team comebacks.

Together with Gill, Ishan Kishan will open the batting as the chosen wicketkeeper

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