Today at the Optus Stadium, the much-awaited Test match between India and Australia is underway. India won the toss at a pivotal time and chose to bat first, hoping to lay a firm basis for the series. Beginning at 7:50 AM IST, this opening test of the five-match series spans November 22 through 26. Fans anxiously expect an amazing exhibition of cricket from both sides as teams including top players like Virat Kohli and Pat Cummins fight for the esteemed Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Jasprit Bumrah will captain the Indian cricket team for the first Test without Rohit Sharma , who is salted to join from the 2nd Test.

Playing XI for India vs Australia 1st Test

Australia (Playing XI): Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

India (Playing XI): KL Rahul , Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (w), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Mohammed Siraj

India vs Australia: Full Squad

India Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin , Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Mohammed Siraj, Sarfaraz Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar, Abhimanyu Easwaran

Australia Squad: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins(c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Scott Boland