India won the toss and chose to bat, Nitish Reddy-Harshit Rana will make their debut

Jasprit Bumrah has won the toss and decided to bat first. There is some moisture in the pitch. The first match of the five-match Test series will be played at Optus Stadium in Perth. Australia has never lost a Test match here. This is an important series for India to reach the WTC final.

Captain Bumrah did a photoshoot with the trophy On Thursday, the captains of both the teams did a photoshoot with the BGT trophy. Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah will captain the first Test, Rohit Sharma will reach Perth by November 24. He will captain the second Test. Pat Cummins will captain Australia in all five Tests.

India won the last 4 series consecutively 28 Test series have been played between India and Australia since 1947. India has won 11 and Australia 12 in this. While 5 series have been drawn. At the same time, both the teams have played 13 series in Australia. Australia won 8 of these and India won 2. At the same time, 3 series were drawn. India created history by winning the Test series for the first time in Australia in 2018 and won both the previous series.

At the same time, India has dominated the BGT being played since 1996. So far 16 BGT series have been played. India has won 10 of these and the Kangaroo team has won 5. One series was drawn. India has won the last 4 series consecutively. The team had suffered the last defeat in the 2014-15 season.

India will have to win 4 matches to play the WTC Final. This time the title match seems impossible for Team India, which has played the last 2 finals of the World Test Championship. The team slipped to second place in the points table with 58.33% points after losing to New Zealand. This is India's last Test series in WTC 2023-25. Only by winning 4 Tests, the team will be able to make it to the final without depending on anyone. Even if the team wins the series 3-2, the team will not be able to reach the final.

Yashasvi is the top run scorer of the team Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is the top scorer of the team in the Test format this year. He has scored 7 half-centuries and 2 centuries in 11 matches. Gill is at number two. He will not play in this match. Virat Kohli is the second top scorer of the team after Sachin Tendulkar in Australia. Although he failed against New Zealand, good will be expected from him in this series. At the same time, all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin is the top wicket taker this year.

India will play without Rohit-Gill Regular captain Rohit Sharma and top order batsman Shubman Gill will not play in this match. Rohit is on a break and Gill is injured. In Rohit's absence, Jasprit Bumrah will be the captain of the team and KL Rahul will open with Yashasvi Jaiswal. At the same time, Devdutt Padikkal will play at number-3 in place of Gill.

Hazlewood is the top wicket taker Batting-all-rounder Cameron Green has scored the most runs for Australia this year. However, he is not included in the squad for this series. Usman Khawaja is at number two. He has scored 274 runs in 5 matches. Pacer Josh Hazlewood has taken the most wickets for the team during this period.

Pitch Report So far 4 Test matches have been played at Perth's Optus Stadium. Australia won all the matches and won while batting first. Pace bowlers get more help here. Here bowlers took 139 wickets, pacers got 102 and spinners got 37 wickets, that is, pacers got 73.38% and spinners got 26.62% wickets.

According to the report, the average bounce on the current pitch here is 13 cm more than the Indian pitches. There is 8 MM grass on the pitch, and there are some cracks too.

Role of toss The average score of the first innings in Perth is 456 runs, so teams prefer to bat first after winning the toss here. Batting in the stadium becomes difficult as the day of the match progresses. Australia has won all the 4 matches here while batting first. In this way the role of toss becomes important here.

Possible playing-11 of both teams

India: Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Dhruv Jurel, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna and Mohammad Siraj.

Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Steve Smith, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Mitchell Starc.