India vs Australia: The 5th Test of the series being played between India and Australia in Sydney is in the headlines even before its start. A day before the match, Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir came to the press conference and said something which created a stir in the entire cricket world. When Gambhir was asked whether Rohit Sharma would play in the Sydney Test, he gave a surprising answer. The head coach said that we will decide the playing eleven after seeing the pitch on the morning of the match. Generally, whether the captain will play in a match or not is not decided by looking at the pitch.
After this statement of Gautam Gambhir, it was confirmed that Rohit Sharma will not play in the Sydney Test against Australia and Shubman Gill will get a chance in his place. When Jasprit Bumrah came to toss in Sydney, it was also confirmed that Rohit Sharma, who was going through poor form, would not play this match. However, after knowing the reason given by Captain Bumrah, the fans are praising Rohit a lot.
Jasprit Bumrah decided to bat first after winning the toss in the Sydney Test against Australia. After that, while talking about the atmosphere of the dressing room and Rohit Sharma, he said, “Our captain Rohit Sharma has also shown his leadership.” He has opted to rest in this match. So this shows that there is a lot of unity in our team. There is no selfishness. Whatever is in the interest of the team, we are trying to do that.
India in trouble on the first day of Sydney Test
Team India, which came to bat after winning the toss in Sydney, had a very bad start. India lost 3 key wickets by lunch on the first day. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who performed brilliantly in the last Test, walked out after scoring only 10 runs. KL Rahul’s bat also remained silent and he became the victim of Mitchell Starc after scoring 4 runs. After this, a good partnership was developing between Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli but just before the lunch break, Gill was caught in the slip off the bowling of Australian spinner Nathan Lyon. He scored 20 runs facing 64 balls. At present, Virat Kohli (12) and Rishabh Pant are at the crease.
Playing XI of India and Australia in Sydney Test
India’s playing eleven: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah (C), Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia’s playing eleven: Sam Constas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
