India sent in as both sides pick four quicks

Toss Australia chose to field v India

Australia's captain Michael Clarke won the toss and sent India in to bat after both sides chose four fast bowlers on the first morning of the third Test at the WACA.

Clarke and the selectors chose to leave out Nathan Lyon, his place taken by the left-armer Mitchell Starc, who has shown impressive control, speed and swing in recent club and Twenty20 appearances.

India included the seam and swing of Vinay Kumar at the expense of R Ashwin, on a pitch that has retained a distinctly green hue throughout its preparation.

The last time India fielded four quicks in a Test was at the SCG against Australia in 1992, when Kapil Dev, Manoj Prabhakar and Javagal Srinath were joined by the debutant Subroto Banerjee.

Australia need only a draw to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, having lost it to India in 2008.

India 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman 6 Virat Kohli, 7 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 8 Vinay Kumar, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Umesh Yadav.

Australia 1 David Warner, 2 Ed Cowan, 3 Shaun Marsh, 4 Ricky Ponting, 5 Michael Clarke (capt), 6 Michael Hussey, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Peter Siddle, 9 Ryan Harris, 10 Ben Hilfenhaus, 11 Mitchell Starc.