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AHMEDABAD, India : Australia's stand-in captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat as the tourists fielded an unchanged side in the fourth and final test against India in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
India vs Australia, 4th Test, Day 1 Live Score Updates: Rohit Sharma-led Team India will eye a World Test Championship final berth when they face Australia in the fourth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The match kicks off on March 9 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Australia's stand-in captain Steve Smith on Wednesday said that the pitch for the fourth and last Test match against India in Ahmedabad would be slightly different to the first three pitches and added they might receive opportunities for bigger totals on this wicket. The fourth Test between India and Australia will begin on Thursday in Ahmedabad with hosts aiming to book their place in the ICC World Test Championship final with a win.
After Team India's Holi celebration videos created a storm on social media, a series of pictures -- showing the Australian team enjoying the festival of colours -- has now created a new buzz among the fans. Australia registered a comfortable nine-wicket win over India in the third Test of the Border-Gavasakar Trophy in Indore. With this win, the visitors also entered the World Test Championship final. As both the teams are now gearing up for the fourth Test, which will begin from Thursday in Ahmedabad, the Steve Smith-led side took some time off and celebrated Holi on Wednesday.
Preparations for the fourth India-Australia Test of the Border-Gavaskar series are underway which will feature Prime Ministers of India and Australia watching the match. Banners of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian PM Anthony Albanese were put up to commemorate the occasion on day 1 of the final test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Ahmedabad on March 9.
Australian captain Steve Smith on Wednesday said the 22-yard strip at the Narendra Modi Stadium potentially looks to be the "flattest day one track" compared to the previous three pitches where the ball spun from the word go. Australia are 1-2 down in the four-match series but are through to the World Test Championship final and would like to claim moral victory and psychological advantage over India by restoring parity in the final game. "Looks like probably of the four wickets we've seen so far, potentially the flattest on day one," Smith told reporters on the eve of the game.
The third Test between India and Australia turned out to be a nightmare for the hosts as they suffered a nine-wicket defeat on Day 3 of the match. After the match, many fingers were raised on the pitch at the Holkar Stadium in Indore as it offered a lot of turn and the spinners prevailed over the batters in the entire game. A total of 31 wickets fells in seven sessions in the third Test, out of which, 26 were taken by spinners. Recently, ICC also declared the pitch as "poor" and gave them three demerit points. However, in a turn of events, the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) came up with a new argument and pointed fingers at the BCCI over the pitch fiasco.
Star batter Steve Smith will lead Australia in the fourth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as regular captain Pat Cummins has decided not to return to India. According to a report in cricket.com.au, Smith will captain Australia once again, having led the team a morale-boosting nine-wicket win in the third Test in Indore last week. Cummins, who departed the tour following the second Test in Delhi last month, will remain in Sydney where his mother Maria is ill with breast cancer and is in palliative care.