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Ashwin cheers on Smith for zero. Photo: Getty Images
The Boxing Day event between hosts Australia and India begins on Saturday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Australia captain Tim Payne won the toss and chose to hit.
The Australian did not start the innings well. They lost 3 wickets by just 36 runs on the scoreboard. Starter Matthew Wade came back with 30 runs, but Joe Burns and Test number one Steve Smith returned to the locker room before opening the scoring.
At the time of writing this article, Ajit’s score was 131 out of 4. Marnus Labushan is hitting 45 and Cameron Green is hitting 4.
Fast pitcher Jashpreet Bumrah and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin each took two wickets for India.
Ajinkya Rahane leads India in Trials when Captain Virat Kohli returns home on paternity leave. Shubhaman Gill and Mohammad Siraj are making their Test debut.
Australia is 1-0 up in the four-game Border-Gavaskar series after winning by six wickets in Adelaide.
Source: Cricinfo / Cricbaj
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