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On his ODI captaincy debut, Shubman Gill lost the toss. Australian captain Mitchell Marsh opted to bowl first in the series opener at Perth Stadium. Former India captain Rohit Sharma handed the ODI debut cap to fast-bowling all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy.
"We are going to bowl first. Looks like a pretty good wicket. Hopefully it's fast. It's always a huge honour leading your country. Hope we get off to a good start. The morale is great. We have some good young players. Seven batters, one wicketkeeper and four bowlers," Marsh said after winning the coin toss.
Gill said that he would've bowled first as well. India went with batting depth and included Reddy as the fast-bowling all-rounder. An in-form Kuldeep Yadav has been benched
"We would have bowled first as well. It's all about getting mentally ready. We are in a good mental place. The practice sessions help. We have a great combination. Nitish Reddy makes his debut, we are going with three fast bowlers and three all-rounders," Gill said at the coin toss.
India vs Australia 1st ODI Playing XIs -
India Playing XI: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia Playing XI: Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh(c), Matthew Short, Josh Philippe (wk), Matt Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood.
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