READ MORE:<\/strong> Aussie pair make history in thumping win<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Worrying trend could 'derail' NRL big guns<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> $200 million star's brutal LIV Golf slapdown<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n It's the second test in a row that Australia has rolled out a debutant spinner after Todd Murphy made his first Test start in the opener.<\/p>\n Mitchell Starc has missed out as has Cameron Green.<\/p>\n It means Australia will field just one pace bowler in the form of captain Pat Cummins and three spinners with Murphy and Kuhnemann alongside veteran Nathan Lyon.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kuhnemann's inclusion will no doubt be a punch to the guts for Ashton Agar, who was selected as part of the initial touring squad while the debutant was a late call up.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/danbrettig\/status\/1626423169191149568<\/a><\/p>\n Despite mounting pressure, David Warner retains his spot at the top of the order alongside Usman Khawaja.<\/p>\n Cummins won the toss and elected to bat, much to the displeasure of captain Rohit Sharma, who has elected to change a winning line-up\ufeff.<\/p>\n Shreyas Iyer has replaced Suryakumar Yadav in the middle order.<\/p>\n "The pitch is dry and obviously batting first would have been ideal," said Sharma.<\/p>\n "But the kind of application we showed last game took the toss factor away and that is what will be required here.\u00a0<\/p>\n "It's important when you're playing in India, you shouldn't worry about the toss factor too much. That's the chat in the group as well."<\/p>\n Australia XI\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Peter Handscomb, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Pat Cummins (c), 9 Todd Murphy, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Matthew Kuhnemann<\/p>\n India XI\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Rohit Sharma (c), 2 KL Rahul, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Srikar Bharat (wk), 8 Axar Patel, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Mohammed Siraj<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n