India sent into bat by Australia in 2nd T20I

MELBOURNE: Australia’s captain Aaron Finch sent india in to bat in the second Twenty20 match of the series at the MCG.The hosts were without David Warner and Steven Smith, who are both departing on Saturday for the looming tour of New Zealand, while Travis Head, Cameron Boyce, Shaun Tait and Kane Richardson were dropped.In their places came Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, John Hastings, Scott Boland, Andrew Tye and Nathan Lyon. Boland, Lyon and Tye were making their T20I debuts as the selectors experiment ahead of the World T20 in India.India by contrast were unchanged, and will be eager to pressure Australia’s batsmen into error once more at the MCG, albeit on a damp and overcast night that may be good for pace bowling.Australia: Aaron Finch (captain), Shaun Marsh, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Shane Watson, Matthew Wade (wk), James Faulkner, John Hastings, Scott Boland, Aaron Tye, Nathan LyonIndia: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni (captain & wk), Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra’