With India 2-0 up within the collection, captain Rohit Sharma received the toss and opted the bat towards Australia within the third Test on the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Wednesday. The hosts made two adjustments, with out-of-form opener KL Rahul dropping his place within the taking part in XI to teenager Shuman Gill. Rahul, who scored simply 38 runs within the first two Tests of the collection, has been underneath the scanner as a number of present and former gamers had questioned his place within the crew. After Rahul was dropped from the crew, former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar instructed that the crew administration made the proper resolution.

“I was thinking whether the management will show courage and do the right thing with KL Rahul, who is a big name player and has played some important innings in the past. I think everyone supports the decision, so well done,” Manjrekar stated after toss.

As far as India’s second change is anxious, veteran pacer Umesh Yadav changed Mohammed Shami within the taking part in XI

Australia, however, additionally made two adjustments to the facet that misplaced the second Test by six wickets in New Delhi, bringing in pace-bowling stalwart Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green instead of Pat Cummins and David Warner, who’ve each returned residence.

Australia is being captained by Steve Smith within the match.

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, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann.

(With PTI Inputs)

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