Australia have taken an unchanged XI into the fourth and final Test against India at the colossal Ahmedabad stadium as they attempt to level the Border-Gavaskar series.
After securing a famous nine-wicket triumph in Indore last week, Australia opted to go with the same team in the ground named after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The toss of the coin was delayed by four minutes to accommodate an extravagant political meeting between Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Both leaders did a lap of honour in a hovercraft with bats and stumps on the back of it as they celebrated "75 years of friendship through cricket".
When the toss finally went ahead, acting Australia captain Steve Smith called correctly and elected to bat first.
All three Tests in this series have been won by the team that has lost the toss.
India made just one change, opting to switch out Mohammed Siraj for fellow fast bowler Mohammed Shami.
India will be desperate to bounce back from losing in Indore and seal their spot in the World Test Championship final with a 3-1 series win.
If the hosts do make the WTC decider, they will meet Australia at The Oval in London in June after the tourists secured their place last week.
Australia have won just two of their last 17 Tests in India since 2004, but enter the match having only performed better the longer the tour has gone.
AUSTRALIA: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschange, Steve Smith (capt), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matt Kuhnemann.
INDIA: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Ravi Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.
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