Former England captain Michael Vaughan was unimpressed with team India's decision of not picking up star spinner Ravindra Jadeja in the playing XI for India's Perth Test against Australia. Its the fifth time that India are playing without a specialist spinner.
The veteran took to Twitter to express his dismay on the matter and said India "made a mistake" by not playing Jadeja. He further went onto to add "Aussies to win".
The Indian team management picked Hanuma Vihari and Umesh replacing injured Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin in the Indian squad. India has picked four pacers and a part-time spinner in form of Vihari. After loosing the toss, Virat said he would also have batted if the toss results were in his team's favour.
"We would have batted as well. But not a bad thing to bowl on day 1 on a wicket which has a lot of grass. We are happy with whatever we are going to do. I have seen an ODI game happen here and it had quite a bit for the bowlers. Pretty excited about that as a bowling side," Kohli said after the toss.
"We will look to get in and make some inroads with the ball. It is a frest Test. Just another Test match for us. We are not taking anything complacently. We have to work hard for another victory. We are taking the confidence from the last game but not the scoreline ahead," Kohli added.
India lead the four-match Test series 1-0.