Team India will look to bounce back from a 10-wicket defeat when they take on Australia in the third Test of a five-match series, starting on Saturday at the Gabba in Brisbane. The series is level at 1-1 as India won the series opener by 295 runs in Perth before Australia defeated them in the pink-ball Test last week. India is likely to make some changes with Akash Deep and Washington Sundar likely to be preferred over Ravichandran Ashwin and Harshit Rana respectively.
However, dark clouds of uncertainty loom over the Gabba as the weather forecast predicts a high chance of rain in the morning. The match starts at 5.50am IST (10.20 local time) and there is a good chance the toss will be postponed.
According to AccuWeather, the rain will likely arrive at 9 a.m. local time, which is close to casting time (9:50 a.m.). However, the weather is likely to improve during the afternoon and evening sessions. Temperatures are likely to range between 24 and 30 degrees Celsius, with an 88 percent chance of rain around casting time.
Here is the hourly weather update on day 1 (local time):
Australia have confirmed their eleven for the match with Josh Hazlewood back in the mix, replacing fellow speedy Scott Boland.
Australian squad: Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Brendan Doggett, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith , Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster.
Indian team: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj , Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar. Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dayal.
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