India vs Australia
India vs Australia (Credits: Twitter)

The ongoing four-match Test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is set for a grand finish. At one stage, it looked like the series would be another cakewalk for the hosts but things have completely changed after the third Test.

Australia bounced back in style after suffering crushing losses in the first two Tests. The visitors outfoxed India on a rank-turner in Indore and sealed their place in the final of the ICC World Test Championship.

The loss has now put India under immense pressure. The hosts need to win the fourth Test in Ahmedabad at any cost to confirm their place in the WTC final. In case, they fail to win the game, they will have to rely on other results.

With so much at stake, the soon-to-begin fourth Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad promises to be another cracking affair.

Toss Report:

Australia have won the toss and have elected to bat first against India in the fourth Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Captains’ quotes:

Steve Smith: “We are going to have a bat, playing with the same team. Looks like a nice surface, does look like a good wicket. The guys performed well last week. We’ll wait and see (when asked whether the Test is his last in India).”

Rohit Sharma: “We would have batted first. We know what needs to be done. Siraj is rested and Shami is back. It’s always nice to have some time off. We need to regroup as a team, you can reflect on so many things.”

Playing XIs:

Australia:

Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith(c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann

India:

Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav