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The Indian cricket team will play against Australia in the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) from January 3 onwards. Following a tough loss for India in Melbourne in the fourth Test last month, they need to win the fifth and final Test match, to level the series 2-2, which will help them retain the BGT once again versus Australia.
In the aftermath of the Melbourne Test defeat, Gautam Gambhir, the head coach of the Indian cricket team, addressed the press ahead of the BGT decider, and hasn’t confirmed the involvement of captain Rohit Sharma in the playing XI following a string of poor performances with the bat and in the leadership role. If the skipper is indeed dropped from the Sydney Test, it is highly likely that Shubman Gill takes his spot after a string of good performances last year in the longest format of the game.
In this article, SportsTiger looks at India’s probable playing XI versus Australia for the fifth Test at the SCG in Sydney.
Openers: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul
Yashasvi Jaiswal was exceptional with the bat for India in both the innings, scoring two contrasting 80s, to keep the team in the contest till the final session on day five of the Melbourne Test. KL Rahul didn’t have the best of outings at the MCG, a decade after making his international debut at the same venue, getting dismissed for no score in the second innings on day five in the fourth Test of the ongoing BGT series.
