Australia decides to bat first against India in Second Test match

Rakesh Thapliyal

New Delhi: Australian captain Pat Cummins has won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Test match against India here at Arun Jaitley stadium.

India has made one change Shreyas Iyer included in the eleven in place of Surya Kumar Yadav.

Cheteshwar Pujara was honoured by former India captain Sunil Gavaskar for playing in the 100 Test match. Cheteshwar’s father, wife and daughter were also present at the ground.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara,  Virat Kohli,  Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (wk), Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.

Australia:  David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (capt), Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann.