Jasprit Bumrah is likely to lead India in the first Test with Rohit Sharma set to miss the Perth opener, which starts on November 22 at the Optus Stadium. India are now set to begin the Test series without two members of their first-choice top three,

Jasprit Bumrah to lead Team India in Perth Test with Rohit Sharma set to miss Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener, according to reports.

While Rohit had communicated to BCCI and the national selectors in advance that he could potentially miss the Perth Test, he had kept open the option of last-minute travel based on when the child was born.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will be missing the first Test against Australia in Perth in Border-Gavaskar Trophy. While Gill fractured his thumb, Rohit stayed back in India to be by his wife who gave birth to a baby boy.