India vs Australia | Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin fail to make it to match-day squad for Perth Test

India registered a narrow 31-run win against Australia in the series opener at the Adelaide Cricket Ground last Monday to kick-start their campaign on a positive note in the Test series Down Under. They will look to build on that win in the second match at Perth as Virat Kohli & Co. will aim to double their lead against the hosts in search for their first series win on Australian soil.

However, the visitors will have to go onto the field without the services of batsman Rohit Sharma and all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin as both have been ruled of the Perth Test with subsequent injuries. While Sharma jarred his back on the field in the first Test, Ashwin is struggling with an abdominal strain on his left side.

The duo will be replaced by the likes of all-rounders - Hanuma Vihari and Ravindra Jadeja - in the second game at Perth, which is slated to start on December 14. Meanwhile, Prithvi Shaw was not included in the matchday squad once again as he continues rehabilitation on the ankle injury suffered against Cricket Australia XI. Shaw will most likely be involved in the boxing day Test match on December 26.

Team from: Virat Kohli (c), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav.