Australia opt to bowl; Ayub and Irfan Khan debut

Lahore, Dec 17 (UNI)

Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl first in the opening Test against Pakistan at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium here on Friday.

Australia’s Usman Khawaja has been ruled out of the ongoing first Test with a knee injury and Matt Renshaw will replace him in the playing XI.

Pakistan made two changes for the opening Test in Rawalpindi as Ayub and Irfan Khan came in place of injured Faheem Ashraf and Hasan Ali.

Pakistan Playing XI:

Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Mohammad Wasim (jr), Ayub Dogar

Australia Playing XI:

David Warner, Matt Renshaw, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.