India vs Australia 1st Test Live Cricket Score: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Day 1 play’s of the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy match between India and Australia which is taking place at Optus Stadium in Perth.
The wait is over and the highly-anticipated tussle between two of the best cricketing nations in the world is almost underway. India will be looking to start off strong despite the absence of big-name stars like Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and others.
For Australia, it will be about establishing their dominance on home soil as they remain hungry to get the better of their opposition and end their wait to reclaim the elusive Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Expect the pitch to be one for the pacers. With enough carry and bounce, the fast bowlers have a lot to work with but should the conditions get overcast, the addition of swing could also be handy for the quicker bowlers as well.
India’s Probable XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah (c), Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana
Australia’s Probable XI: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labushagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon