IND vs AUS: Both teams are paying tribute to 17 year old young Australian player Ben Austin. On October 29, during net practice, the ball hit Austin on the neck.
Players of India and Australia came with black stripes
IND vs OFF: Today the second match of the 5-match T20 series is being played between India and Australia. In this match being played in Melbourne, Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and chose to bowl first. Both the teams have not made any changes in their playing eleven for this match. In the second T20, he played against India and Australia with a black belt.
Both teams are paying tribute to 17 year old young Australian player Ben Austin. On October 29, during net practice, the ball hit Austin on the neck. Due to which he died tragically. Let us tell you that yesterday the women’s teams of India and Australia also paid tribute to Ben Austin.
BCCI also paid tribute to Ben and wrote on Twitter, “Australia and India teams are wearing black armbands to pay tribute to the rising cricketer Ben Austin, who died tragically after being hit by the ball in the nets.”
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhneman, Josh Hazlewood
