India wins toss and will bat 1st in 1st test vs Australia

 India captain Virat Kohli won toss and visitors will bat first in first cricket test on Thursday at Adelaide Oval.

“It looks like a nice wicket, nice and hard," Kohli said of day-night match. “We’d like to put some pressure on opposition."

Joe Burns and Matw Wade will open batting for Australia. Regular opener David Warner is out with a groin injury. Allrounder Cameron Green will play his first test for Australia, which has won all seven day-night matches it has played with pink ball.

Green will bat at . 6.

“Happy to be bowling first. re might be a bit in it,” Australia captain Tim Paine said at toss. “Certainly would have liked to bat first but our attack will perform in all conditions."

Kohli will return to India after Adelaide test to be with his wife, Anushka Sharma, who is expecting couple’s first child in January.

Australia and India finished all square in limited-overs portion of current tour, with Australia winning ODI series and India taking Twenty20 series.

India won series here in 2018 for its first test series win in Australia.

remaining three tests will be played in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

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Lineups:

Australia: Joe Burns, Matw Wade, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Tim Paine (captain), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.

India: Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, 9 Umesh Yadav, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Jasprit Bumrah.

Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and Paul Reiffel, Australia.

TV Umpire: Rod Tucker, Australia; Match referee: David Boon, Australia.

(Im Courtesy: BCCI Twitter)