The much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia will begin on November 22, with the first Test at Perth.

KL Rahul allayed concerns surrounding his fitness with an extended net session here on Sunday, indicating his readiness to open in the first Test against Australia as skipper Rohit Sharma will join the team only in Adelaide after spending time with his new-born baby.

Rohit Sharma is expected to join the team before the second Test in Adelaide which will be played with a pink ball, under lights.

Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will lead the team in Rohit Sharma's absence. And in all likelihood, the team management will pair KL Rahul with Yashasvi Jaiswal,

Vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah will assume the captaincy duties in Perth in Rohit’s absence. Bumrah has led India in one test match previously, the fifth test of their two-part 2021-22 tour of England at Edgbaston, when Sharma missed it after testing positive for Covid-19.

Rohit Sharma has informed the BCCI that he needed more time with his wife after the birth of their second child earlier this week; Vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah to captain team in Rohit's absence

Rohit and Ritika, who had married in 2015 and welcomed daughter Samaira into their lives three years later, took to social media to announce the birth of their son on Saturday.

Rohit Sharma is set to miss the first Test against Australia to be with family, while Shubman Gill's injury has deepened India's opening woes. Jasprit Bumrah will captain in Rohit's absence as India faces a tough challenge ahead.

Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma will miss the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia to be with his family after the birth of his son. Former captain Sourav Ganguly urged Rohit to reconsider,

The Indian Cricket Team will face Australia in the first Test from Friday (November 22) at the Optus Stadium in Perth, with skipper Rohit Sharma unlikely to play and star batter Shubman Gill ruled out due to a thumb injury.