IND vs AUS, 1st T20I Highlights: Match Called Off Due To Rain

India finished 97/1 in 9.4 overs but now the match has been called off due to persistent rain in Canberra.

IND vs AUS, 1st T20I Live Updates: Rain has gotten heavier and now the hopes of a resumption is dipping. Not good from the point of view of the fans, who have come to see a 40-over contest. 

IND vs AUS, 1st T20I Latest Updates: The rain has gotten lighter now. This is good news, hoping it does not get heavy again. Fans would be keeping their fingers crossed hoping proceedings get underway soon. 

IND vs AUS, 1st T20I Live Updates: In all probability, in case the game starts - overs may be docked and that is not good from the point of view of the players and the fans. 

IND vs AUS, 1st T20I Live Updates: In what would come as a piece of disappointing news for fans, the rain in Canberra has gotten heavier. The Indian players are chilling inside the dressing-room in the break. 

IND vs AUS Live Score: Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav has become only the fifth batsman in the history of the game to hit 150 T20I sixes. He is also the second player after Rohit Sharma to feature on this list

Players with 150 or more sixes in T20Is

• Rohit Sharma: 205
• Muhammad Waseem: 187
• Martin Guptill: 173
• Jos Buttler: 172
• Suryakumar Yadav *: 150

India vs Australia Live Score: The rain has picked up once again, Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav are walking back towards the dressing room

India vs Australia Live Score: Australia have been economical do far, considering the fact that India have tried to launch an all-out attack on them. The game is evenly poised so far

India vs Australia Live Score: Spinners have swung into the attcak now and it is something that Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav seems to enjoy

India vs Australia Live Score: Indian captain Shubman Gill has continued to hold one end and he is acting as an anchor from one end

India vs Australia Live Score: Barring the Abhishek Sharma wicket, it has been India so far in the ongoing series opener in Canberra

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Play to resume at 3 PM, both teams to play 18 overs each and the powerplay has been reduced to 5.2 overs

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: A total of four tosses have taken place in this series (3 ODIs and 1 T20I). India have lost all four so far

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: The Indian batters were looking in some great form and they were striking the ball at will. Shubman and Surya will now have to start from scratch once the rain break ends

IND vs AUS 1st T20I Live: The drizzle has gotten heavier and the umpires have called for the covers, it seems like a long delay at the moment

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: The drizzle in Canberra has gotten heavier and the players have walked off. The game is expected to resume soon

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Suryakumar Yadav is getting into the groove slowly and steadily and these aren't good signs for Australia

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Nathan Ellis finally has his man. Abhishek Sharma was looking dangerous and the Aussies have managed to dismiss him

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: India vice-captain has survived a close DRS call. Nathan Ellis almost had his man, but Gill has survived in Canberra

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: India have started from where they had left the Asia Cup. Ultra-aggressive cricket, that is what India are doing to Australia right now

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: The Abhishek Sharma show has started in Australia. The youngster is in no mood to spare Australia and the hosts need to don something real quick to contain him

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill are on the charge, but its not easy to score off someone like a Josh Hazlewood

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill are opening proceedings for India. Hazlewood is steaming in from the other end

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: The turf at the Manuka Oval in Canberra has a grass covering and as a result the ball will come on to the bat nicely. These are good batting conditions and a high-scoring game is expected to play out.

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Mitchell Marsh has now won 18 consecutive tosses in T20Is and he has chosen to field first in all of them

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Indian all-rounder Nitish Reddy has been ruled out of the first three T20Is of the series

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Here's a look at Australia's XI for the game

Mitchell Marsh(c), Travis Head, Josh Inglis(w), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Philippe, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Here's India's XI for the game

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: India have lost yet another toss. Australian captain Mitchell Marsh has asked the visitors to bat first in Canberra

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Star wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis has trained ahead of the 1st T20I against Inia and this has come as a huge boost for the hosts

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: The Aussies made a change to their T20I squad that will lock horns with India in the five-match series. their star spinner Adam Zampa pulled out of the T20I series due to personal reasons. Tanveer Sangha has now been added to their squad and the hosts will expect him to fire in the series.

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: India and Australia have played 32 T20I games against each other. India have won 20 games so far, whereas Australia have won only 11.

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: India T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav said that he has been working hard and is in a very good space heading into the all-important T20I series.

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Indian T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav hasn't been in the best of forms lately and is continuously searching for runs off his bat. India Head Coach Gautam Gambhir said that he is unbothered about the captain's form as the team plays with an ultra-aggressive approach and following a template like this, makes failures inevitable

India vs Australia, Latest Updates: Former India player and coach Ravi Shastri has give his two cents on Abhishek Sharma. Shastri said that Abhishek Sharma is a gun T20I player and he can cause a lot of chaos in the middle. The Aussies will have to make sure that he doesn't stay for long in the middle