KL Rahul opened the innings in the first Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth in Rohit Sharma's absence. He fared well facing a total of 250 deliveries across two innings and scored 103 runs. But with India's skipper returning,

Despite captain Rohit Sharma’s availability, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul opened the innings for India during its day-night practice match against Prime Minister’s XI in Canberra on Sunday.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul set the platform for India with a 75-run stand for the opening wicket. Jaiswal returned to pavilion after scoring 45. | Crickit

Skipper Rohit Sharma said that he was happy with India's preparations in the warm-up match against the Prime Minister's XI at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.

Captain Rohit Sharma dropped a major hint on what India's batting line-up would look like as he batted out of the top two for the first time since 2015. Playing his first game in Australia this year,

India have only one worry ahead of the second Test against Australia in Adelaide, and it became more clouded after the pink-ball warm-up game on Sunday at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. India are all set to welcome back captain Rohit Sharma in the line-up,

Rohit Sharma's return to the Indian cricket team in a warm-up match against Australia's Prime Minister's XI ended in disappointment as he was dismissed for just 3 runs. Sent in at number four, the move didn't pay off.