1st Test match: Australia win the toss and choose to bat first against India in Nagpur

Nagpur: Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bat first, Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat are making their debuts for India. 

Cummins: We are going to bat. Looks like a pretty even wicket towards the middle. 2017 was a big series. Can’t wait to get this started. We have had good preparation. We feel we are really well placed. Two changes Todd Murphy in. Handscomb in for Travis Head.

Rohit: We would have batted too. Looks pretty dry. There will be help for spinners. We got to wait and see how much it does. Yesterday when we started we did see some seam movement for the pacers up front. We have had a good prep for the last 5-6 days. We



trained on the aspects in store. This is a big one. We know the importance of the series but we also understand it’s about winning one session at a time. It’s a long series.

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