India vs Australia, IND vs AUS 4th Test Predicted Playing 11 Today Match: With the series locked 1-1, India and Australia will step out for the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Boxing Day at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday.
With the race for the World Test Championship final heating up, India and Australia will hope to secure outright victories in the remaining two Tests in the series. Rohit Sharma’s men have been reeling with underwhelming batting performances in succession. In a bid to to get the right combination for the anticipated MCG Test, India are slated to make a couple of changes to the XI.
Shubman Gill under the scanner?
Having last made a Test fifty outside Asia Down Under three years ago, India No. 3 Shubman Gill is likely walking a thin rope as he approaches the Melbourne Test. According to emerging reports, Gill could likely lose his spot to the in-form KL Rahul who may move down a rung as skipper Sharma braces to return to his opening slot. In such a scenario, it is expected that Gill could be swapped by an extra spinner in Washington Sundar, who played the first Test in Perth. With excessive heat conditions prevailing and predicted for the entirety of the Test, the pitches could crumble quicker and bring spinners into the equation.
Should Gill be retained, the 25-year-old could bat at No. 6 behind Virat Kohli with Sundar replacing seam all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy.
India predicted XI for MCG Test vs Australia: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shubman Gill/Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia XI: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
IND vs AUS Squads:
India Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Tanush Kotian, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana.
Australia Squad: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Beau Webster, Sean Abbott, Josh Inglis, Jhye Richardson
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