struck early to dismiss
. Siraj trapped Khawaja with an in-swinging delivery and although the on-field umpire was not convinced at first, a timely review from skipper
earned India an early wicket in the encounter. The importance of the wicket was quite clear from the celebrations among the India cricketers and even head coach
could not hide his excitement as he was seen celebrating in the dressing room with the support staff.
Australia captain
won the toss and elected to bat at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. India's charismatic middle-order batter in T20I cricket
made his Test debut along with wicket-keeper KS Bharat, with the Cummins-led Australia handing out the Baggy Green to spinner
.
Former India coachhanded out the India cap to Suryakumar while Test specialist
presented it to Bharat.
Australia spinner and a member of the playing XI,gave the Baggy Green to Murphy.
In a first, the BCCI invited both Suryakumar and Bharat's families to come inside the ground and watch the Test cap presentation ceremony.Head coach Rahul Dravid congratulated and shook hands with the family members of both the India players.It may be recalled that Bharat had donned the gloves for India in place ofon day 3 of the first Test between India and New Zealand in Kanpur in 2021, after the Bengal gloveman had suffered a stiffness in his neck.
India:
Rohit Sharma (c),
, Cheteshwar Pujara,
, Suryakumar Yadav,
(wk),
,
,
, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.
Australia:
Pat Cummins (c),
, Usman Khawaja,
,
,
,
,
(wk), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and
.
(With PTI inputs)