IND Vs AUS, 5th Test Toss Update: Rohit Sharma Dropped As India Opt To Bat Against Australia In Sydney - Check Playing XIs

India will bat against Australia in the fourth Test match in Melbourne and will look to level the series 1-1 in the Boxing Day Test

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Australia vs India, 5th TestL Bumrah won the toss and elected to bat first in Sydney. Photo: BCCI
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So it is official! Rohit Sharma dropped from the fifth and final Test for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 with Jasprit Bumrah leading the side out against Australia on Friday, January 3 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. (Match Blog | Full Coverage)

Bumrah won the toss and opted to bat first against Australia.

Teams:

Australia (Playing XI): Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj

Surprisingly, Bumrah stated that Rohit has decided to 'rest' when asked at the toss by Ravi Shastri.

He said, "We are looking to bat first. We have played some good cricket. The last match was exciting. The grass doesn't look spicy. We always have learnt to digest defeats. We will look forward to this. Our skipper has opted to rest. It shows the unity we have. We have two changes. Rohit has opted out and Prasidh comes in for the injured Akashdeep."

Australia are 2-1 ahead in the five-match series.

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