India announced their XI for Melbourne Test. Openers KL Rahul and Murali Vijay were dropped from the XI and Mayank Agarwal is handed a Test Debut. India dropped fast bowler Umesh Yadav to add Ravindra Jadeja to the final XI.
Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah