The return of Rohit Sharma has put the Indian think-thank ... I think he has to bat top of the order, because it suits his game really well. "I hope we don't tinker around with that," added India's middle order mainstay until the last year.

The first day of the pink-ball tour game between the Prime Minister's XI and India is washed out, robbing Aussies and Indian stars of a chance for some much-needed practice ahead of the second Test in Adelaide.

Rohit Sharma returns as India captain as they begin their preparations for the Adelaide pink-ball Test with a two-day practice match in Canberra against the Australian Prime Minister's XI.

In an interaction with 7Cricket, Sunil Gavaskar said that Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will definitely come back into the playing XI in place of Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel. However, he feels that KL Rahul will drop down to no.