Ex-India head coach Ravi Shastri named his India playing XI for the first Test against Australia. Shastri named the XI considering Rohit Sharma's possible absence. He picked Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal as openers followed by KL Rahul and Virat Kohli. Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja/Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj complete his XI.