India vs Australia: India announces playing XI for Sydney Test

India vs Australia Playing XI: India has announced their Playing XI for the test encounter which begins on Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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According to the decision, Rohit Sharma will walk out to open the batting with Shubman Gill and young Navdeep Saini who will make his debut in the third Test against Australia.

Navdeep Saini replaced Umesh Yadav in India’s playing XI as the latter picked up an injury during the second innings of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. He had sustained a strain in his left calf muscle after which he underwent scans later that day.

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The BCCI stated that the fast bowler won’t be able to recover completely ahead of the remaining two Test matches and hence, was ruled out of the series.

Indian team has decided to go with the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja who shared a total of 8 wickets at the MCG, which India won by 8 wickets.

India vs Australia Playing XI for 3rd Test: Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah

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