Ind vs Aus 1st Test LIVE Score: The wait for the 5-match Test series between India and Australia is now over. Border Gavaskar Trophy has started with Perth Test. Regular captain Rohit Sharma is not with the team in the first test and Jasprit Bumrah is commanding the team in his place. The Indian team has won the toss and decided to bat first. In the first session of Perth Test, India has lost 4 important wickets after scoring 51 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal returned without opening the account. Virat Kohli was out after playing an inning of 5 runs while KL Rahul was out after playing an inning of 26 runs.
Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy have got a chance to debut in the Perth Test. Ravindre Jadeja and R Ashwin have not got a place in the playing eleven. Washington Sundar is playing as a leading spinner.
The Indian team has made 6 changes in the playing eleven for the first test match against Australia. Half a dozen players who played in the Test match played against New Zealand in Mumbai have been dropped. Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana have got a chance to debut in Perth. Apart from this, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel have returned to the team. Captain Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan and Akash Deep are not playing in Perth.
Two players have made their debut for India in the Perth Test match against Australia. Fast bowler Harshit Rana and all-rounder Nitish Rana were handed debut caps. Virat Kohli handed over this cap to Nitish Reddy while R Ashwin handed over this cap to Harshit Rana.
India's playing XI:
KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah (c), Mohammed Siraj.
Australia's playing XI:
Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
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A total of 56 test matches have been played so far between the teams of India and Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Out of this, the Indian team has achieved 24 wins while Australia has 20 wins in its account. A total of 12 matches have been drawn between the two teams during the series. Talking about the last 10 matches, India has won 5 matches while Australia has won 2 matches. Three matches were drawn.
India team: Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Washington Beautiful.
Australia team: Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc.
India's probable playing XI-
KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Harshit Rana and Mohammed Siraj.
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