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The Indian cricket team is scheduled to take on Australia in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test series at the Gabba in Brisbane from December 14 onwards. After winning the first Test by a big margin of 295 runs in Perth, India succumbed to a tough 10-wicket defeat in the second Test in Adelaide, a day-night pink ball contest, which meant that the series was level at 1-1.
For India, Jasprit Bumrah has been by far the best performer across the two BGT Test matches, captaining them to a win in the first Test before keeping them in the hunt with the ball in the second Test. Some of the other top players in the team, including the likes of captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in particular, need to step up to the plate, to help India become more competitive in the remainder of the series.
In this article, SportsTiger looks at India’s probable playing XI versus Australia or the third Test at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Openers: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul
Yashasvi Jasiwal has had a mixed bag in terms of performances in the first two Tests of the BGT series, getting dismissed without troubling the scorers in the first innings twice, while also scoring a fantastic 161 in Perth in the second innings. After being promoted at the top of the order in the absence of Rohit Sharma, right-hander KL Rahul has been quite impressive with the bat for India in tough batting conditions in the first two matches.
