Indore | India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat in the third Test against Australia here on Wednesday with young opener Shubman Gill coming in place of KL Rahul.
India also decided to rest pace bowler Mohammed Shami, bringing in Umesh Yadav for the game.
Australia also made two changes to the side that lost the second Test by six wickets in New Delhi, bringing in pace-bowling stalwart Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green in place of Pat Cummins and David Warner, who have both returned home.
Australia is being captained by Steve Smith in the match.
India have already taken a 2-0 lead in the four-Test series to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann.
India were reduced to 84 for seven by Australia at lunch on the opening day of the third Test here on Wednesday.
Virat Kohli made 22, while Shubman Gill scored 21.
At the break, Axar Patel (6 batting) and Ravichandran Ashwin (1 batting) were at the crease.
Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann (3/14) and Nathan Lyon (3/23) picked up three wickets each for Australia on a turning pitch.
Brief Scores:
India 1st Innings: 84 for 7 in 26 overs (Virat Kohli 22; Matthew Kuhnemann 3/14, Nathan Lyon 3/23
Scoreboard at lunch on the opening day of the third Test between India and Australia here on Wednesday.
India 1st Innings:
Rohit Sharma st Carey b Kuhnemann 12
Shubman Gill c Smith b Kuhnemann 21
Cheteshwar Pujara b Lyon 1
Virat Kohli lbw b Murphy 22
Ravindra Jadeja c Kuhnemann b Lyon 4
Shreyas Iyer b Kuhnemann 0
Srikar Bharat lbw b Lyon 17
Axar Patel not out
Ravichandran Ashwin c Carey b Kuhnemann 3 Umesh Yadav lbw b Kuhnemann 17
Mohammed Siraj run out (Head/Lyon) 0
Extras: 0
Total: (All out in 33.2 overs) 109
Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-34, 3-36, 4-44, 5-45, 6-70, 7-82, 8-88, 9-108, 10-109 Bowling" Mitchell Starc 5-0-21-0, Cameron Green 2-0 -14-0, Matthew Kuhneman 9-2-16 -5, Nathan Lyon 11.2-2-35-3, Todd Murphy 6-1-23-1
India were bowled out for 109 by Australia in the post-lunch session on the opening day of the third Test here on Wednesday.
Virat Kohli made 22, while Shubman Gill scored 21.
Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann (5/16) and Nathan Lyon (3/35) starred with the ball for Australia on a pitch that offered vicious turn.
Brief Scores:
India 1st Innings: 109 all out in 33.2 overs (Virat Kohli 22; Matthew Kuhnemann 5/16, Nathan Lyon 3/35).
