The visitors made three changes to their lineup — Jitesh Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, and Washington Sundar replaced Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, and Kuldeep Yadav.
Australia, meanwhile, made a solitary change, with Sean Abbott coming in for Josh Hazlewood, who has been rested ahead of the upcoming Ashes series.
The first T20I in Canberra was washed out due to rain, while Australia clinched the second match in Melbourne to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Playing XIs:
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (w), Tim David, Mitchell Owen, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann
India: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (w), Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
