Deepak Chahar missed the 5th and final India vs Australia T20I on Sunday. Despite playing the 4th match and making a successful return from injury, he was dropped from the playing XI.
However, skipper Suryakumar Yadav confirmed at the toss that the all-rounder had to fly back home.
'We would have loved to bowl first. I told the team to not change anything, another opportunity to plan in front of an amazing crowd, so just go and enjoy. The way batting unit has delivered, just told them to believe and execute. Arshdeep comes in for Deepak Chahar. He (Deepak) has flown back home because of a medical emergency,' said Surya.
Matthew Wade won the toss in the final T20I in Bengaluru and opted to bowl first. Batting first, India managed 160/8.
India playing XI vs Australia in 5th T20I:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Arshdeep Singh.
Australia playing XI vs India in 5th T20I:
Australia (Playing XI): Travis Head, Josh Philippe, Ben McDermott, Aaron Hardie, Tim David, Matthew Short, Matthew Wade(w/c), Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Tanveer Sangha