India’s captain Rohit Sharma performs a shot in the course of the first day of the third Test cricket match between India and Australia on the Holkar Stadium in Indore on March 1, 2023.
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India captain Rohit Sharma gained the toss and elected to bat within the third Test in opposition to Australia right here on Wednesday with younger opener Shubman Gill coming rather than Ok.L. Rahul.
India additionally determined to relaxation tempo bowler Mohammed Shami, bringing in Umesh Yadav for the sport.
Australia additionally made two adjustments to the facet that misplaced the second Test by six wickets in New Delhi, bringing in pace-bowling stalwart Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green rather than Pat Cummins and David Warner, who’ve each returned residence.
Australia is being captained by Steve Smith within the match.
India have already taken a 2-0 lead within the four-Test sequence to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Teams
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann.
