Who won the toss today AUS vs IND: Who will open for Australia in pink-ball Adelaide Test?

Who will open for Australia: Australia have restrained from making fancy changes to their Playing XI for the first Test against India.

During the first day of the first Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia in Adelaide, India captain Virat Kohli has won the toss and chose to bat.

“Going to have a bat. Looks a nice wicket. Runs on the board is priceless, more so away from home. Hope we can put pressure on them. We’ve prepared really well. Couple of tour games as well. We had everything clear on our end, that’s why we announced our team yesterday.

“The evening sessions are going to be more challenging. Few changes here and there. But this is a different challenge. For me it’s all about helping the team win, whatever contribution I make. Wouldn’t go out of my way to make an impact just because I’m playing one Test,” Kohli told Fox Sports at the toss.

Good luck to #TeamIndia 🇮🇳 for the Pink Ball Test! Backing the boys out there and looking forward to an exciting game of cricket 💪

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) December 17, 2020

With India already announcing their Playing XI yesterday, nothing from the combination-perspective from expected from the visitors.

Who will open for Australia in pink-ball Adelaide Test?

Been vocal about the prospect of batsman Matthew Wade opening the batting alongside Joe Burns and all-rounder Cameron Green making a Test debut, Australia captain Tim Paine confirmed the same during the toss.

“[Cameron] Green comes in obviously. Joe Burns holds his place. Matthew Wade will open. Message has been to keep things as simple as we can. We know what’s expected, so just have to come out here and execute our plans. Happy to be bowling actually. Would’ve liked to bat first, but the first session always has something in the wicket,” Paine told Fox Sports at the toss.

Australia Playing XI for Adelaide Test – 1) Joe Burns 2) Matthew Wade 3) Marnus Labuschagne 4) Steven Smith 5) Travis Head 6) Cameron Green 7) Tim Paine (c & wk) 8) Pat Cummins 9) Mitchell Starc 10) Nathan Lyon 11) Josh Hazlewood.

India Playing XI for Adelaide Test – 1) Mayank Agarwal 2) Prithvi Shaw 3) Cheteshwar Pujara 4) Virat Kohli (c) 5) Ajinkya Rahane 6) Hanuma Vihari 7) Wriddhiman Saha (wk) 8) Ravichandran Ashwin 9) Umesh Yadav 10) Mohammed Shami 11) Jasprit Bumrah.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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