India went in with six bowlers for the fourth Test of the five-match series against Australia, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and left out Shubman Gill. At the toss, Rohit Sharma confirmed that India had left out Shubman Gill, a specialist batter who had played one-drop for India in this series (and throughout the year), for Washington Sundar, a spin-bowling all-rounder. In fact, outside Asia, Gill has 526 runs in 12 Test matches at 26.30, and has not made reached forty even once in 16 innings since his debut series, in Australia in 2020-21.