Suryakumar Yadav finally makes his Test debut while KS Bharat was also handed the Indian cap ahead of the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia in Nagpur on Thursday. Suryakumar has been enjoying a brilliant run of form in limited overs cricket for the past year and was even named the ODI Player Of the Year 2022. Bharat also came into the team in place of the injured Rishabh Pant who is facing a prolonged absence after his involvement in a car accident. In the video published by BCCI on their official Twitter handle, Ravi Shastri handed the India cap to Suryakumar while it was senior batsman Cheteshwar Pujara who handed KS Bharat his India cap ahead of the debut.
SKY makes his TEST DEBUT as he receives the Test cap from former Head Coach @RaviShastriOfc 👏 👏
Good luck @surya_14kumar 👍 👍#TeamIndia | #INDvAUS | @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/JVRyK0Vh4u
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2023
Australian skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first.
Australian skipper Pat Cummins said at the toss, “We are going to bat. Looks like a pretty even wicket toward the middle. 2017 was a big series. Cannot wait to get this started. We have had good preparation. We feel we are really well placed. Two changes Todd Murphy in. Handscomb in for Travis Head.”
Debut in international cricket for @KonaBharat 👍 👍
A special moment for him as he receives his Test cap from @cheteshwar1 👌 👌#TeamIndia | #INDvAUS | @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/dRxQy8IRvZ
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2023
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said at the toss, “We would have batted too. Looks pretty dry. There will be help for spinners. We got to wait and see how much it does. Yesterday when we started training we did see some seam movement for the pacers up front. We have had good preparation for the last 5-6 days. We trained on the aspects in store. This is a big one. We know the importance of the series but we also understand it is about winning one session at a time. It is a long series. Three spinners, two seamers, Bharat and Suryakumar Yadav are debuting.”
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland
India (Playing XI):Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
(With ANI inputs)
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