India's Test captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and chose to bat against Australia in the 5th Test at Sydney. Rohit Sharma, struggling with form, was replaced by Shubman Gill. Additionally, Prasidh Krishna replaced the injured Akash Deep. Rohit scored only 31 runs over five innings on this tour.
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