Australia vs India live: SCG hosts final deciding Test of Border-Gavaskar Test series

Jaiswal is back on strike.

Shubman Gill is the new batter, but he is at the non-striking end.

Cummins bowls to Jaiswal who gets no run from the first two deliveries.

Cummins bowls at the body and Jaiswal turns it to fine leg. For a moment, Australia thought their fielder at short-leg was in the game. A single for India.

Gill faces his first ball and he turns a ball off his hip to fine leg to get off the mark with a single.

Cummins to Jaiswal who leaves a ball outside off stump. Jaiswal thought about playing a shot, but got his bat out of the way quickly.

The final ball of the over his hit to mid-wicket. Scott Boland messes up the fielding, and India get a single.

Mitchell Starc gets the first wicket of the Test, and it is a soft dismissal.

KL Rahul will be kicking himself.

Starc bowled full and straight, and Rahul flicked the ball off his pads.

But he hit it in the air the ball went straight to Sam Konstas at square leg.

Starc comes in for his third over.

His first ball goes through to Carey’s gloves.

A second ball slides past Rahul for no run.

Both Indian batters are doing a good job of pulling out of a defensive shot and leaving the ball alone. They are leaving well to start their innings.

Starc slides his third delivery past Rahul who is watchful as he lets it go through to the keeper.

BEATEN! That is a great ball from Starc. He bowls much tighter to Rahul’s off stump, forces the batter to play, and beats the outside edge.

Starc fires a ball at the stump and Rahul defends on the front foot.

Cummins bowls to Rahul who defends the first ball on the front foot.

The second ball is outside off and Rahul gets his bat out of the way.

Rahul gets a ball on his hip and he guides the ball down to fine leg for a single.

Cummins bowls to Jaiswal who defends on the front foot for no run.

BEATEN. Cummins slides a ball past the outside edge of Jaiswal’s bat.

Jaiswal leaves the final ball which sails over the stump and into the gloves of wicketkeeper Alex Carey.

Starc comes in and the first ball of the over sharply bounces past the helmet. I’m not sure that was supposed to be a full-blooded bouncer to Jaiswal, but it was.

Jaiswal gets a delivery on his pads and nudges it to the leg side for a single.

KL Rahul will face his second ball of the match and he leaves a wide ball alone. That ball really is bouncing sharply. Importantly, there does not appear to be a lot of swing.

Starc in again and bowls outside off stump. Rahul thinks of defending, then gets his bat well out of the way.

Another ball slides across the right-hand batter, which is left alone.

Mitchell Starc is not enjoying the popping crease. His front foot appears to be sliding in the delivery stride.

Rahul gets off the mark with a lovely cover drive. It is caressed through the offside and India run three.

Captain Pat Cummins will take the first over from the opposite end.

Cummins bowls short to Jaiswal who rises and defends for no run.

The second ball of the over is at the hip of Jaiswal who defends to the leg side for no run.

BEATEN! Great ball from Cummins. It was shorter, pitched on leg stump, them beat the verticle bat on the outside edge.

BEATEN AGAIN! Cummins bowls a little fuller and again gets the ball to hit the pitch and seam away. It beats Jaiswal’s outside edge again.

The next ball of the Cummins over BEATS Jaiswal again. Terrific over.

The final ball is at the pads and worked into the leg side for a single to end the over.

The final Test is about to begin.

Mitchell Starc has the brand new cricket ball in his hand.

Starc steams in and bowls the first ball of the match to Yashasvi Jaiswal.

The first ball is darted at the stump and Jaiswal defends to min-on.

Jaiswal has the second ball on the inside of his hip and he defends to short forward square leg.

FOUR! Nice shot from Jaiswal. Another ball darted at the pads, but the Indian was up to it. He punched through mid-wicket and to the boundary.

Jaiswal then leaves the next ball which flies over off stump. We are not seeing a lot of swing yet.

The final ball is dug in short, and Jaiswal turns it off his body for a single.

KL Rahul will face the final ball of the over in fends to square leg for no run.

The Welcome to Country and the anthems are underway.

KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal are padded up and ready to go.

After handing a debut to 19-year-old Sam Konstas last week, Australia’s rookie for this Test is back on the other side of 30 with the rest of the team.

Tasmanian all-rounder Beau Webster has been playing Sheffield Shield cricket since 2014 and gets his first Test cap at the ripe old age of 31.

He scored 938 runs at an average of 58 in the last Shield season and took 30 wickets at 29, numbers only bettered by Sir Garfield Sobers back in the 1960s.

Webster scored another century and a half-century in the 2024/25 Shield season, scoring 303 runs at 50.50 in the first four matches.

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Jasprit Bumrah strides out to the coin toss alongside Pat Cummins.

So Rohit Sharma’s axing is confirmed, although the Indians are spinning it as something else.

Bumrah nails his first job, winning the toss and electing to bat, saying Rohit has “opted to rest” for this match. Ok, pal.

“Our captain has shown his leadership, he’s opted to rest in this game,” Bumrah says.

“So that shows there’s a lot of unity in our team, there’s no selfishness, whatever is in the team’s best interest, we are looking to do that.”

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And if you believe that, I’ve got some swamp land I’d like to sell you.

Shubman Gill returns to number three and KL Rahul will open. Akash Deep is out with a back issue and seamer Prasidh Krishna comes in for his third Test.

Cummins says Australia would have batted first too but hopes the overcast conditions can help them move the ball around a bit this morning.

Just one change for Australia, with Beau Webster replacing Mitch Marsh, so Mitchell Starc must have overcome those back injury concerns.

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah (c), Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Considering the history of rain ruining SCG Tests of late, there were no doubt some nerves when fans arrived to see covers on a damp Sydney surface.

There are clouds around, but the forecast isn’t actually too bad for today and should only get better over the next couple of days.

We’re not expecting any massive rain delays.

 It’s almost time for the start of the fifth and final Test of this dramatic series between Australia and India.

Myself and Mick Doyle will be here to cover every moment of what will hopefully be a dramatic finale to a brilliant series.

Stick around, because there’s plenty to get through even before a ball is bowled.