India vs Australia, BGT: Amid all the speculations around the Indian playing XI, reports suggest that Ravichandran Ashwin will play as the sole spinner during the first Test at Perth. As per the report, this call is being taken because Australia have three left-handed batters in their line-up. They have Travis Head, Alex Carey and Usman Khawaja. Ashwin has a good record against left-handers. Also, the report claims that Nitish Reddy is in line to make his Test debut for India. The Indian team will already be without Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, which in itself is a huge setback. There is also uncertainty over Yashasvi Jaiswal’s participation after he picked up a niggle during India’s net session on Tuesday at the Optus stadium.