Watch: Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith receive Test caps from PM Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese

NEW DELHI: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in attendance, Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat against India in the fourth Test in Ahmedabad on Thursday.



Before the toss, the two captains Rohit Sharma and Smith received their Test caps from their respective prime ministers, Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese.


BCCI president Roger Binny felicitated Australia's Prime minister Albanese, while the secretary Jay Shah felicitated PM Modi.





Modi and Albanese also did a lap of honour across the ground to mark the occasion of 75 years of friendship between India and Australia.


Modi and Albanese then went through a few pictures of memorable moments between India and Australia as Ravi Shastri explained them the pictures of some significant events played between the two teams.


Modi and Albanese then walked on to the field with the two captains who introduced them to the players.

Australia remained unchanged, while Mohammed Shami replaced Mohammed Siraj in the Indian team.


Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, KS Bharat (wk), R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami

Australia: Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (capt), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann

IN PICS: PM Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese

(With PTI inputs)

(BCCI Photo)