India got off to a dream start in the fourth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia at The Gabba, Brisbane on Friday with Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur getting the wickets of David Warner and Marcus Harris respectively.
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Australia won the toss and elected to bat against a depleted Indian side which will be missing both Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin. But the visitors made no fuss with Siraj producing a brilliant delivery to get rid of Warner. And a screaming catch at second slip by Rohit Sharma.
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Then, Shardul Thakur, playing his second Test after his ill-fated debut, removed Harris in the ninth over.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu rookies -- pacer T Natarajan and off-spinner Washington Sundar -- have been handed debuts. Mayank Agarwal replaced Hanuma Vihari in the middle-order.
Australia made one change with Harris coming in for injured Will Pucovski.
Playing XIs:
Australia: David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade, Cameron Green, Tim Paine (c & wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Mayank Agarwal, Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, T Natarajan.
