Sydney: Australia captain Steven Smith won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth and final cricket test against India at the SCG here on Tuesday. Opener David Warner slammed a century while Chris Rogers missed it by a whisker and got out for 95. Injured Mitchell Johnson has been replaced by Mitchell Starc in the only change to the Australia XI from Melbourne.
Warner scores an emotional 100 at the @scg & Chris Rogers is also closing in on triple figures http://t.co/TZixzU9ASn pic.twitter.com/nKKpV4IXtl
— ICC (@ICC) January 6, 2015Stumps: Australia 348/2
As many as four changes for India. Wriddhiman Saha, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and fit-again Bhuvneshwar Kumar are in for Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma.
Shane Watson and Steven Smith Steven were batting on 10 and 28 respectively at the break.
Teams:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Lokesh Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav.
Australia: Steven Smith (captain), David Warner, Chris Rogers, Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Joe Burns, Brad Haddin (wk), Mitchell Starc, Ryan Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon.
