India vs Australia, 1st T20I: As it happened...

After overwhelmingly successful ODI series that witnessed Team India win 4-1 against a hapless Australian team, Virat Kohli-led Men in Blue will now aim to extend their domination over the visitors in the three-match T20I series that kicks off today at JSCA Stadium in Ranchi

Courtesy: IANS

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of India vs Australia, first T20I in Ranchi. Here you can catch live updates, scores and analysis from the game in real time. India won the ODI series 4-1 and will look to extend their domination in the T20Is as well. 

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INDIA INNINGS (India beat Australia by 9 wickets via D/L method with 3 balls remaining)

6th over: Last over and Dan Christian stepped into the attack. Single off the first ball and Dhawan came back to strike. Two off the next one bring the equation down to 3 off 4. And Kohli finished off in style with a boundary sliced through covers. India win by nine wickets and defeat Australia for the seventh time in a row. 

5th over: Adam Zampa stepped into the attack and Kohli punished him off the first ball with a boundary down backward square-leg. Zampa tried to bounce back with controlled line and length against Dhawan and that made the score 42/1. India need six runs from six deliveries.

4th over: Coulter-Nile finishes his two-over spell. India don't look in any trouble whatsoever. Kohli and Dhawan doing it nicely. 36/1, need 12 more in 12 balls.

3rd over: Andrew Tye into the attack and Kohli jumps out to find the sweet spot of his bat for a straight four. Dhawan gets the strike after a single and dispatches the short ball to the fence for another four. India racing towards a win now. IND 27/1, need 21 more in 18 balls. Easy, no?

2nd over: Coulter-Nile welcomed with a six, that wents sailing over the Aussie dug-out at fine-leg. BOWLED next ball! A shade of swing beat Rohit's (11 off 7) bat and the ball crashed into the stumps. Kohli on the crease, takes a quick single to get off the mark, but on the other end Dhawan survived a run-out. Then Kohli survives a third-umpire review for a run-out. It's all happening. And Dhawan finishd the over with a straight four. IND 15/1, need 33 more in 24 balls

1st Over: Rohit begins with a four against left-arm pacer Jason Behrendorff, but the debutant came back well with just one off the next five. IND 5/0, need 43 more in 30 balls.

10:13 p.m. Rohit and Dhawan are walking out to open the ultra-short chase. 

AUSTRALIA INNINGS (Ended at 118/8 in 18.4 overs due to rain)

10:05 p.m. Play to resume at 10:15 p.m. India's target 48 in 6 overs with 2 overs of Powerplay.

9:45 p.m. Inspection at 10:05 p.m. 

9:15 p.m. It has slowed down a bit, with the umpiers hovering around the boundary ropes assessing if the groundstaff can start the repair job.

8:37 p.m. Australia's innings has beeen announced as ended. Target for India, per D/L method, yet to be known. Rain still coming down, by the way. The cut-off time for resumption for a five-over Indian chase is 10:20 p.m.

Rain halts play. The ground being covered as players rush off the field.

18.4 Overs: Direct hit by Kohli and Christian (9) is short of the crease. Can Australia play the entire 20 overs? Zama on 4*, Tye 08. AUS 118/8

18th Over: Double-wicket over by Bumrah. First cleaned up Paine (17) off an in-swinger that kept a touch low and then Coulter-Nile (1) with an unplayable yorker AUS 113/7

17th Over: Bhuvi returns to the attack and is taken apart Paine (17 off 15), who gets a four and a six to get Australia moving. 111/5

16th Over: Just four runs conceded by Yadav and Australia are struggling to get bat to ball. 99/5

15th Over: Three chances missed by India in the over. Two stumpings by an otherwise quicksilver Dhoni and catch at deep midwicket by Bhuvi. Chahal ends with 1/23. AUS 95/5

14th Over: Pandya comes in to bowl his last over and gets among the wickets. Head (9 of 16) lost his head going for a wild swip. He missed, Pandya hit.

The last six balls of Pandya's spell salvaged the day for him. Just three runs off and a wicket help him finish with 1/33 in four overs. AUS 92/5 

13th Over: Yadav cleans up Henriques, who jumps out to have a wild swing. Nothing more than a slog. Misses the line and had his stumps rattled. AUS 88/4 and in a spot of bother. Dan Christian joins Travis Head.

12th Over: Travis Head and Moises Henriques are on the wicket, but overs are ticking by fast. Henriques realises that and breaks the shackles with a pull for four off Pandya (0/30 in 3 overs). AUS 86/3

11th Over: Chahal's figures read a commendable 1/20 in three overs. Yadav has 1/10 in his two, but Hardik replaces him in the attack for the 12th over. AUS 80/3

10th Over: Kuldeep gets the big wicket! Finch (42 off 30) shaped to sweep but was foxed by the length of the ball that went past his bat to crash into the off-stump. AUS 77/3 

9th Over: Finch is on 41 off 28 balls, thanks to big six over mid-wicket he hit off Chahal. AUS 72/2

8th Over: Good start by Kuldeep Yadav. Just five runs off his first over. AUS 62/2

7th Over: Wicket No. 2 for India. Chahal into the attack but is lucky to get Maxwell who hit a short ball straight into the hands of Bumrah at short mid-wicket. Eight runs off the over but a big wicket as well. AUS 57/2

6th Over: 13 runs off the over and Pandya is proving expensive. His two overs have cost 0/23. AUS 49/1

5th Over: Finch (22 in 15) is carrying Australia so far. Australia 37/1 with one over of Powerplay left. Kohli won't mind unless the next six balls go for a bomb. AUS 36/1

4th Over: Just three runs off the last six balls, and Maxwell (3 in 7) is trying a bit too hard here. AUS 28/1

3rd Over: Finch (16*) is in overdrive here, hits Hardik for two fours to give Australia momentum they lost after Warner's wicket. AUS 25/1

2nd Over: Maxwell is the new man in but it's Finch who takes over from Warner, hitting Bumrah for his first four of the match. AUS 15/1

1st Over: It was a boxing match between Warner and Bhuvneshwar, won by the latter as he cleaned up the Aussie captain for 8. First two balls swung in, including an appeal on. A the second by Bhuvi. The next two balls were cut for boundaries. The fifth ball was chopped onto the stumps, followed by a dot. AUS 8/1.

PLAYING XIs

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), ManPandey, Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia: David Warner (c), Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Dan Christian, Tim Paine (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Jason Behrendorff

Welcome to Dhoniland for the 1st T20I @msdhoni #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/uLMdxvpaC2 — BCCI (@BCCI) October 7, 2017

Team Update: Shikhar Dhawan and Kuldeep Yadav come in for Ajinkya Rahane and Axar Patel.

TOSS UPDATE: India win the toss and Virat Kohli decides to bowl due to overcast conditions. "Weather is a massive factor," says the Indian captain.

Captain @imVkohli wins the toss. Elects to bowl first #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/vmHusSPcI5 — BCCI (@BCCI) October 7, 2017

6:20 p.m. Toss coming up shortly as Akash Chopra and Virender Sehwag on TV broadcast differ on their choice of No. 4. Chopra wants Manish Pandey and Sehwag goes for MS Dhoni.

New Delhi: After an overly successful ODI series that witnessed Team India snatch away a 4-1 victory against a hapless Australian team, Virat Kohli-led Men in Blue will now aim to extend their domination over the visitors in the three-match T20I series that kicks off on Friday at the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi. ( IND vs AUS – Match Preview )

The new No. 1 ODI teaam has past records too stand in their favour. Australia have failed to register a victory over India in their last six T20I encounters.

And there was yet another blow for the Aussies – captain Steve Smith won't be part of the T20I series due to a shoulder injury. Thus David Warner will leadi the visitors. Wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Paine said in a pre-match presser that Kohli's wicket will be a prized one, but not to forget they will have the likes of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan to deal with at the top before Kohli comes in.