Rain washed out play after Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav sparkling batting display during the opening Twenty20 International against Australia.
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| Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill walk off amid a drizzle © Getty Images |
Catch the Cricket highlights of the 1st T20I match between Australia and India, played on October 29, 2025, at the Manuka Oval, Canberra. This match was part of India's tour of Australia, a 5-match T20 international series where No result due to rain-washed out.
Rain in Canberra disrupted the first T20I of the 5-match series between Australia and India, cutting short an sparkling performance by captain Suryakumar Yadav, who was beginning to rekindle the form he displayed during the IPL earlier this year.
Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill had guided India to a solid start 97 for 1 in the 10th over of a contest already match reduced from 20 to 18 overs per side due to an earlier stoppage, when heavier rain arrived and eventually forced the match to be stopped shortly before 10 pm.
Just moments before the rain returned, Suryakumar attacked Nathan Ellis’ second over with two fours and a six, He was fortunate to survive on 18 when Josh Philippe dropped a difficult catch running back from mid-on, This innings marked only the second time in his last 15 T20I innings—during which he has been prolific in the IPL—that he passed 20 runs.
Mitchell Marsh won the toss and, as expected from his previous 18 international matches, chose to bowl.
India’s intent was evident from the solid start, with Abhishek Sharma, playing his first game against Australia, charging Josh Hazlewood’s first delivery, He ended the first over by using his feet again and carving Hazlewood through point.
Shubman Gill survived a close lbw appeal from Nathan Ellis on 11 runs, beaten by a back-of-the-hand slower ball, Australia reviewed the decision, and replays showed the ball was clipping the top of the bails. However, Abhishek’s solid start was cut short when he drove a catch to Tim David at mid-off, handing Ellis a wicket in his opening over.
The fifth over featured a thrilling mini-contest between Suryakumar Yadav and Josh Hazlewood, who is available for only the first two matches of this series before shifting his focus to upcoming Ashes series preparation.
The first ball, a bouncer, whizzed past Suryakumar as he contemplated a ramp to deep third man, The second ball, pitching back of a length and nipping away, was unplayable and beat his ambitious drive, However, Suryakumar responded boldly with an audacious flick over deep square leg for six, Two dot balls followed before he ended the over by taking a single.
Meanwhile, Gill had been playing briskly between the stoppages and, shortly before the final interruption, powerfully slog-swept Matt Kuhnemann over deep midwicket.
Despite conditions being vastly different from Dubai, India retained the three frontline wrist spinners they used in the Asia Cup final, with Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy all joined in the playing XI, Jasprit Bumrah was set to lead the pace attack, which also featured Harshit Rana, All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy was ruled out of the first three T20I matches as he recovers from quad and neck injuries.
India posted 97 for 1 in 9.4 overs at when rain stopped the play with Suryakumar Yadav was the top-scorer with an unbeaten 39 off 24 balls featuring 3 fours and 2 sixes with a strike rate of 162.50, Shubman Gill hammered an unbeaten 37 off 20 balls including 4 fours and a six with a strike rate of 185 and Abhishek Sharma contributed 19 off 14 balls contained four-fours.
For Australia, Nathan Ellis was the best bowler for Australia - who took 1 wicket for 25 runs in 1.4 overs.
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