Jasprit Bumrah strides out to the coin toss alongside Pat Cummins.

So Rohit Sharma’s axing is confirmed, although the Indians are spinning it as something else.

Bumrah nails his first job, winning the toss and electing to bat, saying Rohit has “opted to rest” for this match. Ok, pal.

“Our captain has shown his leadership, he’s opted to rest in this game,” Bumrah says.

“So that shows there’s a lot of unity in our team, there’s no selfishness, whatever is in the team’s best interest, we are looking to do that.”

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And if you believe that, I’ve got some swamp land I’d like to sell you.

Shubman Gill returns to number three and KL Rahul will open. Akash Deep is out with a back issue and seamer Prasidh Krishna comes in for his third Test.

Cummins says Australia would have batted first too but hopes the overcast conditions can help them move the ball around a bit this morning.

Just one change for Australia, with Beau Webster replacing Mitch Marsh, so Mitchell Starc must have overcome those back injury concerns.

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah (c), Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna