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Saturday, January 23, 2016

2016 Australia Vs India 3-Match T20 Series January 26-31,2016 - Rishi Dhawan replaces injured Bhuvneshwar in T20 squad

 
Australia on Monday  January 18,2016 named a powerful 17-man squad for the three-match Twenty20 international series against India this month, with an eye to the upcoming World T20.
However, Test captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner will play only in the opening match in Adelaide on January 26 before sitting out the other games to prepare for the first ODI against New Zealand in Auckland on February 3,2016
The second T20 takes place in Melbourne on January 29 while the final game will be in Sydney on January 31,2016

Australia T20 Squad
Aaron Finch (Captain), Scott Boland, Cameron Boyce, James Faulkner, John Hastings, Travis Head, Nathan Lyon, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Shaun Tait, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Shane Watson
A fractured left thumb has ruled Bhuvneshwar Kumar out of the T20 series against Australia.

 Rishi Dhawan, who is part of India's ODI squad, will stay on in Australia as Bhuvneshwar's replacement.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up the injury while trying to stop a David Warner straight drive off his own bowling during the fourth ODI in Canberra on January 20,2016

The injury forced him out of the fifth ODI in Sydney, with India picking the debutant Jasprit Bumrah in his place.

India T20 Squad
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja,Jasprit Bumrah, Harbhajan Singh, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishi Dhawan and Ashish Nehra

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