萨姆·康斯塔斯的节礼日火的洗礼将立即开始

帕特·康明斯 (Pat Cummins) 在赢得边境-加瓦斯卡奖杯系列赛的第一次投掷后，选择在炎热的天气中率先击球。

Sam Konstas has been thrown into the deep end on Boxing Day, with Pat Cummins electing to bat first after winning his first toss of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.

萨姆·康斯塔斯在节礼日陷入了困境，帕特·康明斯在赢得边境-加瓦斯卡奖杯系列赛的第一次投掷后选择先击球。

The 23-year-old was presented his Test cap by former skipper Mark Taylor on Thursday morning and will now face the daunting task of surviving star paceman Jasprit Bumrah on a seam-friendly MCG pitch.

周四早上，这位 23 岁的球员由前队长马克·泰勒 (Mark Taylor) 颁发了测试帽，现在他将在一片友好的 MCG 球场上面对幸存的明星配速员贾斯普里特·布姆拉 (Jasprit Bumrah) 的艰巨任务。

Australia XI: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitch Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

澳大利亚十一人：乌斯曼·卡瓦贾、萨姆·康斯塔斯、马努斯·拉布沙涅、史蒂夫·史密斯、特拉维斯·海德、米奇·马什、亚历克斯·凯里（wk）、帕特·康明斯（c）、米奇·斯塔克、内森·里昂、斯科特·博兰德

India XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep

印度十一人：亚沙斯维·贾斯瓦尔、KL·拉胡尔、罗希特·夏尔马（中）、维拉特·科利、瑞沙布·潘特（周）、拉文德拉·贾德贾、尼蒂什·库马尔·雷迪、华盛顿·桑德尔、贾斯普里特·布姆拉、穆罕默德·西拉吉、阿卡什·迪普。

The visitors have made one change to their XI, dropping Shubman Gill with captain Rohit Sharma promoting himself to the No.3 position having struggled at No.6 in the past two Tests.

客队对十一人阵容做出了一项调整，放弃了舒布曼·吉尔（Shubman Gill），队长罗希特·沙尔马（Rohit Sharma）将自己提升到了第三位，而在过去的两次测试中，他的表现一直在第六位。

Allrounder Washington Sundar comes in for Gill to give India two spin options along with Ravindra Jadeja, who is listed to bat at No.6.

全能选手华盛顿·桑达尔（Washington Sundar）替换吉尔（Gill），为印度队提供两种旋转选择，以及排名第六的拉文德拉·贾德贾（Ravindra Jadeja）。

Australia confirmed on Christmas Day that Scott Boland would replace Josh Hazlewood, who is out for the series with a calf injury he suffered in the Brisbane Test.

澳大利亚在圣诞节当天确认斯科特·博兰将取代乔什·黑兹尔伍德，后者因在布里斯班测试中小腿受伤而缺席系列赛。

Gill managed only 60 runs in three innings in this series, becoming the fall guy for India's misfiring top-order. Rohit and Virat Kohli have fared little better, with the latter conceding his team needs more from him in a rare interview before play on Thursday.

吉尔在这个系列赛的三局中只得了60分，成为印度队的替补。罗希特和维拉特·科利的表现也好不到哪里去，后者在周四比赛前罕见的采访中承认球队需要他提供更多帮助。

"If you would have told us we're going to be one-all heading into the Boxing Day Test, we would have taken it with both hands," Kohli told his former India coach Ravi Shastri on Fox Cricket.

“如果你告诉我们，我们将在节礼日测试中以全胜的方式进行，我们会用双手接受它，”科利在福克斯板球频道上告诉他的前印度教练拉维·沙斯特里。

"I agree – the last two or three innings haven't gone the way I wanted to. I haven't been disciplined enough to stick in there and really grind it out. That's the challenge that Test cricket brings.

“我同意——最后两三局并没有按照我想要的方式进行。我没有足够的纪律坚持下去并真正坚持到底。这就是板球测试赛带来的挑战。

"These pitches are much more livelier than the last time that we played here, so there's a different approach that's required. But that's something that I've taken a lot of pride in – to go out there and counter different conditions and step up."

“这些球场比我们上次在这里比赛时热闹得多，因此需要采取不同的方法。但这是我非常自豪的事情 - 走出去，应对不同的条件并加强。 ”

Cummins' toss call bucks conventional wisdom at the MCG, where most captains have wanted to bowl first in recent times.

康明斯的投球违背了MCG的传统观点，最近大多数队长都想先投球。

Only twice in 18 first-class matches here since the 2018 Boxing Day Test has a captain chosen to bat – on both occasions, it came in Australia-India Tests.

自 2018 年节礼日测试以来，这里的 18 场一流比赛中只有两次有队长被选中击球——这两次都是在澳大利亚-印度测试中。

Kohli batted in 2018-19 and led his side to victory, while Tim Paine made the same toss call in 2020-21, though India won again anyway.

科利在 2018-19 赛季击球并带领球队取得胜利，而蒂姆·潘恩在 2020-21 赛季也做出了同样的传球，尽管印度还是再次获胜。

Bowling first, however, has been far from a lay down misère in recent games; six of the past seven first-class games here have been won by the team that has been inserted.

然而，在最近的比赛中，保龄球第一远没有陷入困境。过去七场一流比赛中有六场都是被插入的球队获胜。

"(The pitch) looks good, always bit of grass on it like a normal MCG wicket, but sun's out and it looks nice and firm," Cummins said at the toss, with Rohit conceding he also would have batted.

“（球场）看起来不错，上面总是有一些草，就像普通的 MCG 三柱门一样，但太阳出来了，它看起来又漂亮又坚固，”康明斯在投球时说道，罗希特承认他也会击球。

NRMA Insurance Men's Test Series v India

NRMA 保险男子测试系列赛 v 印度

First Test: India won by 295 runs

第一次测试：印度以 295 分获胜

Second Test: Australia won by 10 wickets

第二次测试：澳大利亚以 10 个三柱门获胜

Third Test: Match drawn

第三次测试：抽签

Fourth Test: December 26-30: MCG, Melbourne, 10.30am AEDT

第四次测试：12 月 26 日至 30 日：MCG，墨尔本，澳大利亚东部时间上午 10 点 30 分

Fifth Test: January 3-7: SCG, Sydney, 10.30am AEDT

第五次测试：1 月 3 日至 7 日：SCG，悉尼，澳大利亚东部时间上午 10 点 30 分

Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Travis Head (vc), Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster

澳大利亚队：帕特·康明斯（中）、肖恩·阿博特、斯科特·博兰、亚历克斯·凯里、特拉维斯·海德（中）、乔什·英格利斯、乌斯曼·哈瓦贾、萨姆·康斯塔斯、马努斯·拉布沙涅、内森·里昂、米切尔·马什、杰·理查德森、史蒂夫·史密斯（中） , 米切尔·斯塔克, 博·韦伯斯特

India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar. Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dayal

印度队：Rohit Sharma (c)、Jasprit Bumrah (vc)、Yashasvi Jaiswal、KL Rahul、Abhimanyu Easwaran、Devdutt Padikkal、Shubman Gill、Virat Kohli、Rishabh Pant、Sarfaraz Khan、Dhruv Jurel、Ravichandran Ashwin、Ravindra Jadeja、Mohammed Siraj 、阿卡什·迪普、普拉西德·克里希纳、哈希特·拉纳、尼蒂什·库马尔·雷迪、华盛顿·桑达尔。替补：穆克什·库马尔、纳夫迪普·塞尼、卡里尔·艾哈迈德、亚什·达亚尔