Pitch and weather: There were two pitches prepared at Narendra Modi Stadium two days out. With the series still alive at 2-1, the drier pitch has been preferred after Rohit and Dravid inspected it on Tuesday. It looks likely to spin from day one again although Steven Smith said it could be the best batting surface so far, at least to start with. There were two Tests played here between India and England in 2021. The day-nighter lasted two days while the day game lasted three with spin dominating both. It is expected to be very hot in Ahmedabad as well meaning any moisture on day one will not remain for long.
India vs Australia Highlights today. 4th Test, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Thursday 9-3-2023, Australia tour of India 2023.
Australia chose to bat.
India team: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 KS Bharat (wk), 8 R Ashwin, 9 Axar Patel, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Mohammed Shami
Australia team: 1 Travis Head, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith (capt), 5 Peter Handscomb, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Todd Murphy, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Matthew Kuhnemann
Head to Head In Test’s: 105
India Won: 32
Australia Won: 44
India Test Rankings: 2nd
Australia Test Rankings: 1st
Form guide
(Last five completed matches, most recent first)
India LWWWW
Australia WLLDW
Match Timings: 4:00 AM GMT | 9:30 PM Local
Umpires – Nitin Menon, Richard Kettleborough
TV Umpire – Jayaraman Madanagopal
Match Referee – Chris Broad
Reserve Umpire – Anil Chaudhary
Match number – Test no. 2499
