Ravi Shastri takes PM Modi and Anthony Albanese on a tour of Narendra Modi Stadium; WATCH

Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri accompanied Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Australian PM Anthony Albanese for an inside tour of iconic Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Shastri showed cricket museum inside stadium, which had souvenirs, artifacts, and mementos to celebrate rich history of Indian cricket.

Steve Smith won coin toss for Aussies ahead of India vs Australia, fourth Test match and opted to bat first. Speaking after toss, Indian captain Rohit Sharma revealed y are all geared up for match. Mohammed Shami was called back into playing XI as a replacement for Mohammed Siraj.

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Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith receive Test caps from Prime Ministers

In stadium named after him, PM Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese arrived at venue to witness both teams face each or. PM Modi welcomed Albanese at Narendra Modi Stadium, moments before toss on Thursday. This followed BCCI president Roger Binny felicitating Australian PM, while BCCI secretary presented a memento to PM Modi. Ahead of coin toss, both captains received a Test cap from ir respective Prime Ministers.

Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma-led Indian team heads into final Test of series on back of a 2-1 lead. While home side would certainly wrap up series 3-1 in ir favor, re is a spot in ICC World Test Championship final on line. India will seal ir spot in summit clash if y win fourth Test.

India vs Australia 4th Test: Playing XIs

India XI: Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma (c), Chesteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami

Australia XI: Usman Khwaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matw Kuhnemann

India vs Australia 4th Test: Full Squads

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj

Australia: Steve Smith (c), Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matw Kuhnemann