Australia A opt to bat; Shedge in for India

Toss Australia A chose to bat vs India A

Australia A captain Will Sutherland won the toss and opted to bat first in the first one-dayer against India A in Puducherry. Sutherland said the pitch at the CAP Siechem Ground looked like "a really good wicket".

India A captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said he would have batted first too. He said the pitch looked to be "on the drier side", and that he doesn't expect dew to play a role in the match, given India A will be bowling in the evening.

Gaikwad termed his team as "one of the strongest India A sides in recent years", even as they are without Hardik Pandya, who has suffered a shin injury and has been asked to rest for 15 days. Allrounder Suryansh Shedge took his place in the squad and was slotted in at No. 7 for this game.

India A head into the one-day series after winning the two-match red-ball series 1-0.

India A: 1 B Sai Sudharsan, 2 Prabhsimran Singh (wk), 3 Devdutt Padikkal, 4 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 5 Rajat Patidar, 6 Nishant Sindhu, 7 Suryansh Shedge, 8 Vipraj Nigam, 9 Anukul Roy, 10 Arshad Khan, 11 Yash Thakur

Australia A: 1 Sam Konstas, 2 Mitchell Owen, 3 Josh Philippe (wk), 4 Nathan McSweeney, 5 Liam Scott, 6 Nikhil Chaudhary, 7 Will Sutherland (capt), 8 Todd Murphy, 9 Spencer Johnson, 10 Riley Meredith, 11 Mahli Beardman