Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pose with India captain Rohit Sharma and Australian skipper Steve Smit throughout day one of many Fourth Test matchat Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday, on March 9, 2023.
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Australian captain Steve Smith gained the toss and opted to bat against India in the series-deciding fourth Test right here on Thursday, March 9, 2023.
Before the toss, the 2 captains acquired the Test cap from their respective Prime Ministers, Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese.
BCCI president Roger Binny felicitated Australia’s Prime minister Albanese, whereas the secretary Jay Shah felicitated PM Modi.
Modi and Albanese additionally did a lap of honour throughout the bottom to mark the event of 75 years of friendship between India and Australia.
Australia remained unchanged, whereas Mohammed Shami changed Mohammed Siraj in the Indian staff.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, KS Bharat (wk), R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami
Australia: Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (capt), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann.
