IND vs AUS: 8 players will play for the first time in Australia, still Team India is heavy on Kangaroos, know the truth

Sanjeev Kumar

khelja|29-10-2025

These 8 players will play in Australia for the first time. (Photo- PTI)

A 5-match T20 series is going to start between India and Australia. This series will start from 29th October. The Indian team will take the field under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. But this series is not going to be easy for Team India. Actually, the Indian team's squad includes 8 players who have not yet played a T20I match in Australia. Despite all this, Team India is going to overpower the Kangaroos. There is a special reason behind this.

These 8 players will play in Australia for the first time

Players playing on Australian soil for the first time in T20I format include the names of Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Varun Chakraborty and Jitesh Sharma.

22-year-old Nitish Kumar Reddy's career is just beginning, but the surprising thing is that Indian Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill has also not played any T20I match in this country yet. 23 year old Harshit Rana, 25 year old Abhishek Sharma and 28 year old Rinku Singh can also be seen playing T20I in Australia for the first time.

Talking about experience, Shivam Dubey can be seen playing his first Australian T20 at the age of 32, Jitesh Sharma also at the age of 32 and Varun Chakraborty, the senior, at the age of 34. Whereas, if we talk about the combination of Team India, Harshit Rana, Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shivam Dubey and Varun Chakraborty may get a chance to play their first T20 match on Australian soil in the very first match of the series.

Team India will overpower the Kangaroos

Even though 8 players of Team India are going to play T20 match in Australia for the first time, but Team India still seems to have the upper hand.

The biggest reason for this is that India has not lost a single T20 series in Australia yet. 4 T20 series have been played between the two teams in Australia. Out of these, 2 series have been in the name of India. At the same time, 2 series have been drawn. Not only this, India has also defeated Australia in the last three T20 series. However, both the teams are going to play a 5-match T20 series for the first time.

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