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A couple of changes for the tourists with their third spinner picked in as many Tests, this time Jadeja picked in place of Ashtriumph. Akash Deep is also recalled.
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Australia: Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (capt), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
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As uncovered yesterday, Hazlewood has exhibitn his fitness after sitting out the second Test due to a side strain. Scott Boland is left out in the only change to the side that won by 10 wickets at the Adelhelpe Oval.
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Rohit Sharma calls “heads” accurately and selects to bowl first.
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A little bit overcast. Bit of grass and sees gentle. We want to try to produce the best employ of the conditions and see what we can do with the ball up-front.
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As the game goss on it will get better and better to bat. But we want to try and produce the best employ of the conditions up-front.
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Hello and receive to inhabit coverage of the first day of the third Test between Australia and India. The scene is set for a thriller after a couple of thrashings went either way as the tourists took an punctual guide in the series in Perth then Australia bounced back in Adelhelpe.
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Both sides have a history of success in Brisprohibite, where the third Test will be joined at the Gabba. Australia did not disthink about at their home fortress for more than 30 years until stunned by an injury-afflictiond India the last time they met here. A loss to West Indies earlier this year was even more of a shock.
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Josh Hazlewood will be a receive includeition to the Australia XI at a venue where his organic bounce can turn into a armament. Scott Boland is the cursed pace bowler to produce way, as he has so many times before, despite taking five wickets in the triumph at the Adelhelpe Oval. While Australia will have their brimming array of speedys, their batting remains the trouble and all eyes will be on Steve Smith as the No 4 has his procrastinateedst sboiling at fractureing out of a establish slump.
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India are in a analogous position with their aggression centred around the at-times unjoinable Jasprit Bumrah. The 31-year-elderly is under an injury cdeafening after suffering groin soreness in Adelhelpe but is foresee to be named in Brisprohibite. The tourists’ batting lineup has been feast or famine with captain Rohit Sharma standing out as the joiner most in demand of runs, perhaps from his more comprehendn role at the top of the order.
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First ball will be at 10:20am local time or 11:20pm AEDT. I’ll be seeing us thcimpolite the first session and a half, when Jonathan Howcroft will consent the reins. The toss and verifyation of the teams are coming lowly. Get in touch with any comments, inquires, thoughts and predictions – shoot me an email or find me @martinpegan on Bluesky or X. Let’s get into it!
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Key events
India XI
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Rohit Sharma (capt), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep.
A couple of changes for the tourists with their third spinner picked in as many Tests, this time Jadeja picked in place of Ashtriumph. Akash Deep is also recalled.
Australia XI
Australia: Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (capt), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
As uncovered yesterday, Hazlewood has exhibitn his fitness after sitting out the second Test due to a side strain. Scott Boland is left out in the only change to the side that won by 10 wickets at the Adelhelpe Oval.
Pat Cummins joins his cards up aobtainst his chest when asked what he would have done if Australia won the toss. That says as much as anyleang, but here is more from the Australia skipper.
It has been a wonderful series so far. I leank we have a sell-out at the Gabba today. I am brave it is going to be energetic out there.
Just about everyone got themselves into the series and … now here at the Gabba, a place we appreciate joining at. It’s been a excellent guide-in.
India triumph the toss and elect to field
Rohit Sharma calls “heads” accurately and selects to bowl first.
A little bit overcast. Bit of grass and sees gentle. We want to try to produce the best employ of the conditions and see what we can do with the ball up-front.
As the game goss on it will get better and better to bat. But we want to try and produce the best employ of the conditions up-front.
There is a kind green tinge on top of the pitch which is one of scant remaining organic decks, rather than drop-in wickets, atraverse international cricket. There is a bit of cdeafening hovering overhead and a sweightless chance of showers amid a predict high of 29. The captains are in the middle for the toss.
Travis Head is one Australian batter who has underwhelmed at the Gabba in recent times, with a pair of gelderlyen ducks in the Test aobtainst West Indies earlier this. That adhereed a 92 and another first-ball duck when Australia faced South Africa in procrastinateed 2022, nastying the right-hander has been disthink abouted with his past four balls faced in Brisprohibite Tests.
But the middle-order powerhoemploy carries mighty establish into this third Test after making 140 aobtainst India in his hometown Adelhelpe last week. Head and India pacer Mohammed Siraj had some choice words with each other as the opposition and tension around a defended series commence to bubble away. The ICC were not amazeed.
Australia was unlossed at the Gabba atraverse 31 Tests between 1989 and 2021 when India distress the structures with a three-wicket triumph to helderly onto the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a 2-1 series triumph. Geoff Lemon has seeed at how the Gabba has changed over time, and the recent shifts that could help Australia reproduce their domination at the venue.
Preamble
Martin Pegan
Hello and receive to inhabit coverage of the first day of the third Test between Australia and India. The scene is set for a thriller after a couple of thrashings went either way as the tourists took an punctual guide in the series in Perth then Australia bounced back in Adelhelpe.
Both sides have a history of success in Brisprohibite, where the third Test will be joined at the Gabba. Australia did not disthink about at their home fortress for more than 30 years until stunned by an injury-afflictiond India the last time they met here. A loss to West Indies earlier this year was even more of a shock.
Josh Hazlewood will be a receive includeition to the Australia XI at a venue where his organic bounce can turn into a armament. Scott Boland is the cursed pace bowler to produce way, as he has so many times before, despite taking five wickets in the triumph at the Adelhelpe Oval. While Australia will have their brimming array of speedys, their batting remains the trouble and all eyes will be on Steve Smith as the No 4 has his procrastinateedst sboiling at fractureing out of a establish slump.
India are in a analogous position with their aggression centred around the at-times unjoinable Jasprit Bumrah. The 31-year-elderly is under an injury cdeafening after suffering groin soreness in Adelhelpe but is foresee to be named in Brisprohibite. The tourists’ batting lineup has been feast or famine with captain Rohit Sharma standing out as the joiner most in demand of runs, perhaps from his more comprehendn role at the top of the order.
First ball will be at 10:20am local time or 11:20pm AEDT. I’ll be seeing us thcimpolite the first session and a half, when Jonathan Howcroft will consent the reins. The toss and verifyation of the teams are coming lowly. Get in touch with any comments, inquires, thoughts and predictions – shoot me an email or find me @martinpegan on Bluesky or X. Let’s get into it!
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