India will have decisions to make regarding the makeup of their team for the fifth Test of the series against Australia in Sydney. Five Wisden India writers pick their preferred India XI's for the New Year's Test.
After winning the first Test of the series convincingly in Perth, India have failed to win a single game out of the next three, losing in Adelaide and Melbourne and drawing at Brisbane.
With the series at 2-1, India need a victory to draw the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and also to keep their hopes alive for the World Test Championship final. Rohit Sharma, the captain, is under the scanner for his performances with the bat as well as in the field as captain, while several questions hang around the combination India are going to choose for Sydney, especially with respect to their bowling attack.
Here, we try to answer them and pick our preferred India XIs for the Sydney Test.
