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Watch: Rishabh Pant's Rolling On The Pitch Six That Left Commentators In Splits

India's batting order collapse against Australia in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Perth meant that the team were once again left to rely on Rishabh Pant to stabilise things in the middle. Coming in to bat at 32/3, Pant once again had to take the responsibility of taking India out of a tricky situation. While Pant could not accelerate in his usual high strike rate, he still found time to pull off another unique shot, leaving the commentators in absolute awe.

LIVE | Australia v India, 1st Test - Day 1

Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood snared four wickets, including Virat Kohli, during an intimidating opening session to leave India in trouble on day one of the first Test against Australia on Friday in Perth.

India win toss, bat first in series opener v Australia

PERTH : India won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia at Perth Stadium on Friday in the opener of their highly-anticipated five-test series.

Australia Players Told To Put IPL Friendships Aside For India Tests: "It Becomes Harder..."

India head coach Gautam Gambhir has insisted that he wants his team to play with an aggressive mindset against Australia in the five-match Test series, starting Friday. Gambhir and the Indian players will be desperate to prove a point after being clean swept 0-3 at home by New Zealand earlier this week. Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has praised Gambhir for his aggressive mindset, claiming that international cricket has lost its competitive edge with players from different countries sharing dressing rooms in franchise cricket.

India vs Australia 1st Test LIVE Streaming Border-Gavaskar Trophy: When And Where To Watch

India vs Australia 1st Test LIVE Streaming and Live Telecast: The first of five Test matches between India and Australia gets underway in Perth, with Jasprit Bumrah leading India in Rohit Sharma's absence. The series is crucial for both nations, as it would heavily impact whether either nation make the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle final. India will be hoping to bounce back from their embarrassing 0-3 home series defeat suffered at the hands of New Zealand. India are set to go in with three frontline pacers for the match, and are expected to hand all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy his Test debut. On the other hand, Nathan McSweeney will make his debut for Australia, having been selected as their new opener.

"He Doesn't Need To...": Pat Cummins' Advice To Australia Rookie Nathan McSweeney

Rookie opener Nathan McSweeney will be entering his maiden Test series with a lot riding on him, but Australia captain Pat Cummins on Thursday offered him some comforting advice, saying he should focus on playing his natural game and not "imitate" his predecessor -- the great David Warner. McSweeney, 25, will be filling the spot left vacant by the retirement of Warner earlier this year and partner Usman Khawaja at the top of the order in the marquee Border-Gavaskar Test series against India starting here on Friday.

"Greatest Of All Time": Michael Vaughan Reserves Massive Praise For Australia Bowling Quartet

Former England captain Michael Vaughan feels that Australia's frontline bowling quartet of Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins are arguably the nation's best of all time and are key to victory for Australia in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India at home. India won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia the last two times it was played there in 2018/19 and 2020/21. Moreover, Australia have not won the series since 2014-15, when they won 2-0 on the home soil.

Yash Dayal Replaces Injured Khaleel Ahmed In India Reserves For Australia Tests

Left-arm seam bowler Yash Dayal has been added to India's reserve pacers' list after Khaleel Ahmed had to be sent back home due to an unspecified niggle. Dayal, who was added in the Test squad during the Bangladesh series, was in South Africa for the T20I series but didn't play a single match. He flew directly to Perth from Johannesburg after Khaleel developed a niggle and was unable to bowl in the nets. The medical team advised the Rajasthan left-armer rest and hence it was decided that Dayal would fly in while Khaleel fly back home.

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Watch: Rishabh Pant's Rolling On The Pitch Six That Left Commentators In Splits

LIVE | Australia v India, 1st Test - Day 1

India win toss, bat first in series opener v Australia

Australia Players Told To Put IPL Friendships Aside For India Tests: "It Becomes Harder..."

India vs Australia 1st Test LIVE Streaming Border-Gavaskar Trophy: When And Where To Watch

"He Doesn't Need To...": Pat Cummins' Advice To Australia Rookie Nathan McSweeney

"Greatest Of All Time": Michael Vaughan Reserves Massive Praise For Australia Bowling Quartet

Yash Dayal Replaces Injured Khaleel Ahmed In India Reserves For Australia Tests