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Fourteen children have been rushed to hospital after eating an "unknown substance" which was reportedly in lollies handed out on a school bus in north Queensland.

Paramedics took the children to hospital to be treated for "minor illness symptoms" after being called to Bluewater State School in Townsville on Thursday.

"Six patients transported to Townsville Hospital in stable conditions for minor illness symptoms after they reportedly ingested an unknown substance in Bluewater," the Queensland Ambulance Service said on Twitter.

"A further 8 patients were transported to Townsville Hospital in stable conditions after an incident at Bluewater."

Bluewater State School said police are investigating the incident, but it could not provide further details due to "privacy issues".

"Bluewater State School holds the safety of students and staff as its highest priority," it said in a statement posted on Facebook.

"The department is aware of an incident that occurred today at Bluewater State School which required the assistance of emergency services.

"School staff acted quickly to attend to the students while the Queensland Ambulance Service and parents were contacted."

The school said guidance counselling would be offered for any children involved.

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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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Australia have failed to capitalise on a rollicking start by losing two wickets in the second hour to be 2-75 at lunch on day one of the fourth Test against India in Ahmedabad.

Usman Khawaja (27 not out) and Travis Head (32) put on Australia's best opening partnership of the series after acting captain Steve Smith won the toss and batted on Thursday.

But the aggressive Head, who was promoted to open when David Warner left the tour mid-series due to a broken elbow, went for one big shot too many and was caught at mid-on off star India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's (1-18) bowling.

Australia were 0-61 after 15 overs but could only manage another 14 runs from the next 14.

Smith, not out on two, is Australia's other unbeaten batter with Khawaja.

Marnus Labuschange's disappointing debut Test tour of India continued when the world's No.1-ranked batter was bowled chopping on to seamer Mohammed Shami for three.

It was an impressive second spell from Shami (1-14), who bowled a stunning wide with the first ball of the match in scenes reminiscent of England quick Steve Harmison spraying the opening delivery of the 2006-07 Ashes.

The final Test of the series started after a bizarre political rally before the match involving the prime ministers of both countries, Anthony Albanese, and Narendra Modi, who the 132,000-capacity stadium is named after.

The toss of the coin was delayed by four minutes to accommodate the extravagant meeting between Modi and 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".

India made just one change, opting to switch out Mohammed Siraj for fellow fast bowler Shami.

India are 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.

All three Tests in this series have been won by the team that have lost the toss.

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Australia are on track to post their best total of the series after Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith batted through the second session on day one of the fourth Test against India in Ahmedabad.

The tourists went to tea at 2-149, with in-form opener Khawaja (65 not out) and acting captain Smith (38no) batting patiently on a pitch offering far less for India's star spinners than the first three Tests.

Khawaja again confirmed his status as Australia's best performed batter on the difficult tour with his third half-century in as many matches.

Smith, who dominated during the 2017 trip to India with three centuries, will be determined to take advantage of the batting-friendly conditions and post his first big score of the series.

The first three Tests all finished in less than three days but this appears to be a more traditional wicket after the pitch in Indore was hit with a "poor" rating from the ICC.

Australia's best total of the series is 263 in their first innings of the second Test in Delhi, with India smashing 400 en route to a big victory in the series opener in Nagpur.

The final Test of the series started after a bizarre political rally before the match involving the prime ministers of both countries, Anthony Albanese, and Narendra Modi, who the 132,000-capacity stadium is named after.

The coin toss was delayed by four minutes to accommodate the extravagant meeting between Modi and 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".

Khawaja and Travis Head (32) put on Australia's best opening partnership of the series, 61, after Smith won the toss and batted first.

But the aggressive Head, who was promoted to open when David Warner left the tour mid-series due to a broken elbow, went for one big shot too many and was caught at mid-on off star India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's (1-32) bowling.

Marnus Labuschange's disappointing debut Test tour of India continued when the world's No.1-ranked batter was bowled, chopping on to seamer Mohammed Shami for three.

It was an impressive second spell from Shami (1-31), who bowled a stunning wide with the first ball of the match in scenes reminiscent of England quick Steve Harmison spraying the opening delivery of the 2006-07 Ashes.

India are 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.

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