Smith fails to find place in Mitchell Marsh-led Australia T20 WC squad
Besides Smith, the other notable omissions from the T20 World Cup squad are youngster Jake Fraser-McGurk, experienced seamer Jason Behrendorff and all-rounder Matt Short.
India have rested chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat against India in the fourth One Day International cricket match at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Thursday.
For India, chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah were rested while pacers Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami and left-arm spinner Axar Patel were included in the squad.
Australia made two changes to their squad. Wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade replaced all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and spinner Adam Zampa was included for Ashton Agar.
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Teams:
Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steven Smith (captain), Travis Head, Marcus Stoinis, Peter Handscomb, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.
India: Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (captain), Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, M.S. Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal.
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