India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Rahul clips a full one straight into the hands of Sam Konstas at square leg. That is quite extraordinary. Rahul has looked neat and watchful today but this one was a half volley on this leg. He could've sent it anwywhere, ends up sending it in the air right into the hands of the fielder.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Cummins comes in from the other end and straightaway goes for Jaiswal's ribs first ball. The opener gets on his toes and knocks it down. He defends the second ball off the back foot. Jaiswal is then very lucky that the ball eluded his edge third ball. He is beaten next two balls as well, keeps his bat tucked close to his body on those though. He then gets a thick inside edge on to his pads and takes a single.

India 6/0 in 2 overs

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Jaiswal plays the first two balls and the third from Starc is tailing into his leg. Jaiswal sends it past mid-on and the outfield is nice and quick, the ball goes for four. A single off the fifth ball and Rahul defends the last ball square.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: No more funky tactics from India. KL Rahul is back to the top of the order and he sis opening with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Mitchell Starc with the ball in his hands. Here we go!

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: All right Mark Taylor and Ravi Shastri have brought out the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The captains then lead the players out for the national anthems.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Well some rather strange scenes shown on the screen just now where we could see Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Dhruv Jurel and Devdutt Padikkal sitting rather quietly with long faces at the SCG balcony.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Shubman Gill returns to the No.3 role and KL Rahul will go back to opening with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Meanwhile, Prasidh Krishna is replacing Akash Deep.

India XI: Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: This is what Jasprit Bumrah said about Rohit sitting out: “The captain has shown his leadership, he has opted to rest in this game. That shows there is a lot of unity in our team, no selfishness. Whatever is in the team's best interest we are ready to do.”

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Jasprit Bumrah has won the toss and India are batting first at the SCG. He says that Rohit “opted to rest” in this match.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: There it is! Jasprit Bumrah is walking out in his Test blazer, team sheet in hand, along with Pat Cummins. Rohit Sharma is dropped!

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Beau Webster has been presented his debut Test cap by Mark Waugh. After that, Mitch Marsh, the man he replaced, made sure to congratulate him and each member of his family at the ground.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: There were a few questions on whether Rishabh Pant could be dropped for Dhruv Jurel in this Test. Well that is highly unlikely as Pant has been going through his wicketkeeping warm-ups.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Rohit examined the pitch thoroughly, forst with Morne Morkel and then on his own. He looked rather quiet during the team huddle though, with Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir doing all the talking.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: That defeat in Melbourne was a body blow to India's chances of making it to a third consecutive WTC Final. But whatever little chances they have, it hinges on them winning at the SCG. If they do, then they would have to then hope that Australia both their remaining Tests in this cycle in Sri Lanka.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: If Rohit does get dropped on Friday, he will become the first Indian captain to be benched in the middle of an international series and the first overall since 2014 when Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq dropped himself from the third ODI against Australia, leaving Shahid Afridi to lead the team in his stead.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: As stated earlier, India have not lost at the SCG since 2012. On the other hand, though, they haven't won a Test at this ground nearly half a century. They beat Australia by an innings and 52 runs on their third in January 1978. The spin trio of BS Chandrashekhar, Erapalli Prasanna and captain Bishan Singh Bedi shone brightest in the match with Australia being all out for 131 in their first innings and 263 in their second. Gundappa Viswanath scored 79, Karsan Ghavri made 64 while Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan, Dilip Vengsarkar and Syed Kirmani were all out in the 40s as India declared on 396/8.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: India have drawn the last three matches they played here in entirely different circumstances. The one played in January 2015 was Virat Kohli's first Test as captain. Kohli, debutant KL Rahul, his counterpart Steve Smith and David Warner all scored centuries in the match. The draw in 2019 confirmed a historic series win for India. Australia were well on their way to suffering a hefty defeat with Cheteshwar Pujara's 193 and Rishabh Pant's unbeaten 159 helping India declare on 622/7. Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets as Australia were all out for 300 and they had scored six runs when rain forced the players off on Day 4.

In the most recent SCG Test, India were 272/5 chasing a target of 407 and the fall of Pujara and Pant all but confirmed that a win was out of the window for them. However, Ravichandran Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari then shut the door on the hosts, batting out nearly 43 overs despite both players nursing injuries and grinding out a draw.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: This will be the 14th time that India play a Test at the famous venue, having played for the first time in December 1947 on their first tour of the country. One of the oldest cricket venues in the world, the Sydney Cricket Ground first hosted a Test match all the way back in February 1882, just the sixth Test match to ever be played overall. It was the venue for the second of the five Tests India played on their first-ever tour of Australia in 1947/48.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: What is confirmed is that Akash Deep won't be playing in this Test. Gambhir said that Deep has suffered a back injury and is not available for the New Year's Test.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Announcing the playing eleven a day before the start of a Test is not India's style but it should be easy to answer whether the captain would be playing or not, especially when he is fit and available. India head coach Gautam Gambhir, however, didn't want to do that despite being pressed about it during the pre-match press conference.

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: As is always the case, Australia have announced their playing eleven a day before the start of the match. They have made just one change, which has been coming. The struggling Mitch Marsh has been dropped for Beau Webster.

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

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: The transition has been coming. It came earlier this year for the Indian T20I team but so good have Suryakumar Yadav and Co. been that India have just continued dominating everyone they face after the retirements of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja. With the Test team, the transition is turning out to be far more chaotic but if reports (and speculation over the implications of Gautam Gambhir's comments) are to be believed, today could mark a major chapter in the team going into a new era.