India Vs Australia, 3rd Test: India Win The Toss And Elect To Bat; Shubman Gill Replaces KL Rahul

India also dꦡecided to rest pace bowler Mohammed 💜Shami, bringing in Umesh Yadav for the game.

Updated on: 1 March 2023 3:51 am

R✅ohit Sharma and IND wilꦆl look to seal the series going into the 3rd Test match.

Rohit Sharma and IND will look to seal ♐the series going into the 3rd Test match.

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat in the third Test against Australia here on Wednesday with young opener Shubman Gill coming in place of KL Rahul. (More Cricket News)

India also decided to rest pace bowler Mohammed Shami, bringing in Umesh Yadav for🌌 the game.

Australia also made tܫwo changes to the side that lost the second Test by six wickets in New Delhi, bringing in pace-bowling stalwart Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green in place of Pat Cummins a💮nd David Warner, who have both returned home.

Australia is being captained by Steve Smith 🎐in the match.

India have already taken a 2-0 lead in the four-Te📖st series 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, Cameওron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann.