Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has named his Team India XI for the first Test against Australia in Perth. He named Abhimanyu Easwaran and Yashasvi Jaiswal as the openers, and Dhruv Jurel as the number three batter. Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep complete Manjrekar's India XI.