India captain Rohit Sharma is set to miss the opening Test match in Perth, sources have confirmed to India Today. Sharma is likely to join the team in Adelaide ahead of the 2nd Test.

Jasprit Bumrah to lead Team India in Perth Test with Rohit Sharma set to miss Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener, according to reports.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will be missing the first Test against Australia in Perth in Border-Gavaskar Trophy. While Gill fractured his thumb, Rohit stayed back in India to be by his wife who gave birth to a baby boy.

Rohit and Ritika, who had married in 2015 and welcomed daughter Samaira into their lives three years later, took to social media to announce the birth of their son on Saturday.

The much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia will begin on November 22, with the first Test at Perth.

Rohit Sharma has informed the BCCI that he needed more time with his wife after the birth of their second child earlier this week; Vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah to captain team in Rohit's absence

According to a report from ESPNCricinfo, the star Indian opener Rohit Sharma will not be available for the team selection for the opening Test match against Australia. Jasprit Bumrah will take the captain's armband for the Perth Test starting on November 22.

While Rohit had communicated to BCCI and the national selectors in advance that he could potentially miss the Perth Test, he had kept open the option of last-minute travel based o

KL Rahul allayed concerns surrounding his fitness with an extended net session here on Sunday, indicating his readiness to open in the first Test against Australia as skipper Rohit Sharma will join the team only in Adelaide after spending time with his new-born baby.