India vs Australia 4th Test Highlights: Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green take Australia to 255/4 at stumps on Day 1

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese 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

India XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav

Australia XI: Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith(c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann

Australia captain Steve Smith wins toss and opts to bat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese now doing a lap of honour at the stadium

Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith collect their Test caps from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese respectively

STAT ATTACK

Incidentally, the last two Test matches played here against England in 2021, ended inside two and three days - with the former being a pink-ball affair

The rap on the knuckles by the ICC seemed to have nudged India to rethink its strategy of producing rank turners as the pitch for the final Test wears a traditional look

BCCI Secretary Jay Shah felicitates Prime Minister Narendra Modi

BCCI President Roger Binny felicitates Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have arrived at the stadium

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will reportedly be at the coin toss in place of the two captains

HEAD TO HEAD

To add insult to injury, the ICC match referee Chris Broad rated the pitch poor and handed three demerit points to the venue

Trailing 0-2 in the series, Smith & Co. turned the tables on the hosts on an undercooked surface at Indore with a massive nine-wicket win

A win at Indore would have assured India of that spot, but they now have their task cut out against a team that has found a new verve under stand-in skipper Steve Smith

But the bigger prize which the hosts have cast their eyes upon is a spot in the World Test Championship final which will be played The Oval in England in June

India are 2-1 up in the series and have already retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy