Steve Smith Wins Toss, Australia to Bat First; Shami Replaces Siraj
Indian players, PM Modi, Australian players and PM Albanese during national anthems (Twitter image)
Steve Smith won the toss ahead of IND vs AUS 4th Test, Australia to bat first, Mohammed Shami replaced Mohammed Siraj
Australian captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first in the series decider between India and Australia, the fourth Test in Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday, March 9.
Ahead of the toss, both nations’ Prime Ministers, Narendra Modi as well as Anthony Albanese were felicitated by BCCI, and they awarded the cap to both captains, Rohit Sharma and Steve.
At toss meanwhile, Smith called right and elected to bat first.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav
Australia: Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith(c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan Lyon
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