New Delhi. The wait for the 5-match Test series between India and Australia is about to end. Border Gavaskar Trophy will start some time from now. The first match is to be played in Perth. The Indian team has won the last two tours to Australia and this time Team India intends to score a hat-trick. Regular captain Rohit Sharma will not be with the team in the first test and Jasprit Bumrah will take charge of the team in his place.
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 one while R Ashwin handed over this cap to the other.
head do head
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.