5 player battles to look out for in the T20I series vs Australia 

#3 Adam Zampa vs Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya has made a successful comeback to the Indian side after injury and off-field controversies. He played an excellent cameo in the fifth ODI in New Zealand but apart from that hasn’t really set the stage on fire with the bat.

Meanwhile, Adam Zampa has been in and out of the Australian limited-overs side. He might not have had a great year in ODI cricket in 2018. But in T20 cricket, he was very good. Though he didn’t pick a lot of wickets, he kept things very tight and gave nothing away. Hence, he will be key to Australia’s plans in the middle-overs once again.

The last time Australia were in India, Zampa’s battle with Pandya was a riveting one. The Baroda pace bowling all-rounder had the better of the leg-spinner on most occasions but Zampa could scalp Pandya on a couple of occasions as well. Hence, it is going to be an interesting duel.