IND v AUS LIVE: Australia decided to bat first, Shubman Gill out, Washington Sundar returns, Rohit returned to the opening.

India vs Australia Live Score 4th Test, Day 1: The Boxing Day Test match between India and Australia has started in Melbourne from today. The fourth test match of the series is very important for both the teams. By winning this test match, the Indian team will be successful in retaining the Border Gavaskar Trophy. On the other hand, if the Australian team wants to win the series after 10 years, then along with winning this match, it will have to draw the fifth and last Test match to be played in Sydney. It is very important for India to win this test match from the point of view of the World Test Championship final. The test match played after Christmas is called Boxing Day Test match. Sam Constas is making his/her debut in international cricket in this test match for Australia. Constas is 19 years 85 days old. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first.

This is overall the 15th Test match of the Indian team in Melbourne. Before this, it has played 14 Tests here in which it has won 4 while it has lost 8 Tests. India has played 3 draws at this venue. On the occasion of Boxing Day, the Indian team has played 9 tests here, in which it has won two and 2 tests have been drawn. In the rest, Team India has lost. Both the Tests which Team India won here on Boxing Day were achieved on the last two Australian tours. This time India can score a hat-trick of wins here. Australia announced its playing eleven a day earlier in which there are two changes. Young opener Sam Konstans has got a chance in place of Nathan McSweeney while Scott Boland has got a chance in place of Josh Hazlewood.

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Australia’s playing XI for Boxing Day Test: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstans, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (captain), Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.

India’s probable playing XI for Boxing Day Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy/Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.