Australia's captain Michael Clarke won the toss and sent India in to bat after both sides chose four fast bowlers on the first morning of the third Test at the WACA.
Clarke and the selectors chose to go away out Nathan Lyon, his place taken by the left-armer Mitchell Starc, who has shown inspiring control, speed and swing in recent club and Twenty20 appearances.
India built-in the seam and swing of Vinay Kumar at the expenditure of R Ashwin, on a pitch that has retain a distinctly green hue all through its training.
The last time India fielded four quicks in a Test was at the SCG next to Australia in 1992, when Kapil Dev, Manoj Prbhakar and Javagal Srinath were connected by the debutant Subroto Banerjee.
Australia needs only a draw to recover the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, have lost it to India in 2008.
India: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav.
Australia: David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (capt), Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitchell Starc.
Clarke and the selectors chose to go away out Nathan Lyon, his place taken by the left-armer Mitchell Starc, who has shown inspiring control, speed and swing in recent club and Twenty20 appearances.
India built-in the seam and swing of Vinay Kumar at the expenditure of R Ashwin, on a pitch that has retain a distinctly green hue all through its training.
The last time India fielded four quicks in a Test was at the SCG next to Australia in 1992, when Kapil Dev, Manoj Prbhakar and Javagal Srinath were connected by the debutant Subroto Banerjee.
Australia needs only a draw to recover the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, have lost it to India in 2008.
India: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav.
Australia: David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (capt), Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitchell Starc.
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