India will take on Australia in the second match of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Adelaide Oval starting on Friday, December 6. The visitor leads the series 1-0 after a dominant win in the first Test at Perth.
Rohit Sharma returns to the side after missing out on the first Test and will take over the captaincy duties from Jasprit Bumrah. Shubman Gill, who scored a fifty during the pink-ball tour match against the Prime Minister’s XI, will also be drafted back in to the playing XI.
Australia will be without ace pacer Josh Hazlewood after he suffered a side strain during the first Test. Scott Boland will take his place in the team.
Predicted Lineups
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Rohit Sharma (C), Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia: Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (C), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
India vs Australia 1st Test Dream 11 Prediction
WICKETKEEPERS
Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul
BATTERS
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Travis Head
ALL-ROUNDERS
Mitchell Marsh, Washington Sundar
BOWLERS
Jasprit Bumrah (c), Pat Cummins (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mohammed Siraj
Team composition: AUS 4-7 IND | Credits Left 9.5
SQUADS
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.
Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis(wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster.