Stand-in captain Smith named an unchanged team from the side that won the third Test in Indore. India lead the series 2-1.

India captain Rohit Sharma said he would have batted first had he won the toss and said it is “not a surface which we saw in the first three Tests”.

The pitches in the first three Tests have been rank turners with the highest total being 400 by India in the opener.

The hosts made one change from Indore with Mohammed Shami coming in for fellow pace bowler Mohammed Siraj, who is rested.

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese were in attendance at the 132,000-capacity stadium named after the Indian premier.

A bumper crowd was expected.

The hosts need a win to clinch the series and secure their berth in the World Test Championship final, scheduled at The Oval in London in June.

Teams

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (capt), Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann

Umpires: Nitin Menon (IND), Richard Kettleborough (ENG)

TV Umpire: Joel Wilson (WIS)

Match Referee: Chris Broad (ENG)