India vs Australia Dream 11 prediction: IND vs AUS 1st Test predicted playing 11, pitch report, Live streaming

India vs Australia: India and Australia are all set to square off for the 103rd time in Test cricket as the Border Gavaskar Trophy will begin in Nagpur from February 9 (Thursday). Overall, Australia enjoy a superiority over India in the head-to-head as the visitors won 43 of the matches they faced while India won 30 of them.

28 of the matches ended in a draw while one Test ended in a historic tie during 1986/87 during Australia's tour of India.

Heading into the game India are without their top run-getters from the last Test season in Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer while their frontline pacer Jasprit Bumrah is yet to recover for the first Test.

However, India hardly get to use that as an excuse as the batting line-up includes names like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul among others.

There's no dearth of talent in the pace bowling line-up as well with Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat among others. Spin is expected to play a bigger role in the series and India have picked four spinners for the series in R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav.

India vs Australia 1st Test pitch report

The pitch at Napur is expected to be batting friendly with the first innings, especially on the first two days, average score being 310. However, spin is expected to rule the roost from there on with both teams taking a spin-friendly squad for the series.

India vs Australia predicted playing XI

India predicted playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, KS Bharat (w), Ravindra Jadeja/Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat

Australia predicted playing XI: Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Alex Carey (w), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Ashton Agar, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland

India vs Australia Dream 11 picks

Wicket-keepers - Alex Carey
Batters - Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill
All-rounders - Marnus Labuschagne, Ravindra Jadeja/Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin
Bowlers - Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Swepson, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami

Captain/vice-captain options - Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Marnus Labuschagne, Ravichandran Ashwin

India vs Australia Live Stream IND vs AUS 1st Test Live TV Telecast

India will host Australia in four-match Test series, starting in Nagpur from February 9 (Thursday). The 1st Test will be played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium from 9:20 AM IST (Indian Standard Time). India vs Australia will be Live telecast on Star Sports 1 and Star Sport 1 HD in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada