Melbourne, Dec 26 (PTI) Australia skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat against India in the Boxing Day Test here on Thursday.

India replaced top-order Shubman Gill with spin all-rounder Washington Sundar in their playing XI.

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Australia, on the other hand, handed a Test debut to opener Sam Konstas while pacer Scott Boland came in for the injured Josh Hazlewood.

India skipper Rohit Sharma confirmed he will be back in the top order.

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Teams:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.

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