Over-by-over report: Play begins with a huge crowd expected at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Join our team of writers for updates
: 1 Rohit Sharma , 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 KS Bharat , 8 R Ashwin, 9 Axar Patel, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Mohammed Shami.: 1 Travis Head, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith , 5 Peter Handscomb, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Alex Carey , 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Todd Murphy, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Matthew Kuhnemann.Rohit Sharma tosses the coin and Smith calls correctly. “We’ll have a bat,” says the Australia captain.
Now it’s India under pressure. The home side must win in Ahmedabad to regain some honour, but most importantly, to secure a place in the World Test Championship against Australia in London. As if that weren’t challenge enough, both sides walk onto Narendra Modi Stadium today in front of what is expected to be the largest Test cricket crowd in history – a 100,000-plus attendance that would usurp the current record of 91,112 for the 2013-14 Ashes at the MCG.
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