Australian skipper won the toss and decided to bat first in the highly anticipated clash against India in ICC World Cup 2023 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.The right-hand batter Shubman Gill is set to miss the match. Earlier, he was diagnosed with dengue leading and he has failed to recover in time. The left-handed explosive batter, Ishan Kishan will be opening the batting with Rohit Sharma.India has opted to enter into the game with three full-time spinners including Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Kuldeep Yadav while Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj will lead the pace attack. Hardik Pandya will be the third pacer in the playing XI.Meanwhile, skipper Pat Cummins confirmed after the toss that Travis Head, Sean Abbott, Marcus Stoinis, and Josh Inglis will miss out on the Australian side. Marnus Labuschagne will be playing at number 4. Australia has opted to go with three genuine pacers including Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood while, allrounder Cameron Green will be the fourth bowling option.Australia playing XIDavid Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (w), Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam ZampaIndia playing XIRohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
