Gill ruled out as Australia opt to bat against India
October 8, 2023
Marcus Stoinis will miss the match as he hasn’t yet recovered from his injury. Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis miss out for Australia due to injury, with David Warner and Mitch Marsh to open the batting on a sunny day at MA Chidambaram Stadium.
In the meantime, Ishan Kishan set to partner skipper Rohit Sharma at the top of the India batting order, replacing opening batter Shubman Gill, who is out with dengue.
India XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia XI: David Warner, Mitch Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
