so many people queuing up outside to come in and as I said this match being played in the backdrop of India Australia friendship and collaboration Anthony albanesi the Prime Minister of Australia and Sh Narendra Modi prime minister of India alongside the two captains they're expected to announce even Clos of friendship in the days to come that friendship will end in about 7 or 8 minutes and then recommence at close of play they went round the ground in an open motate today to rousing Cheers Australian Prime Ministers over the years have uh known to had a great Affinity with Cricket starting from Sir Robert men all the way down so is so is The Honorable Narendra Modi never short of wishing the team well must be a big moment for for a lot of those players it's always good when your state wants to when your prime minister wants to come and see you play just remind you on on the field itself Australia as I said a little while ago Australia unchanged India just the one change they will be batting first on the surface that is pry different from some of the surfaces we've seen so far had a nice little cultural program for a brief while before the play started and now the two teams will line up in the presence of their respective Prime Ministers for the national anthems always a very special moment if you're out on the field for it let's join the two teams with the national anthem [Music] a [Music] [Music] Beauty his stage of Australia Str let us Australia [Music] [Applause] [Music] s [Music] IND [Music] [Music] and so to the cricket India versus Australia 75 years of friendship it was to Australia that Independent India first sent a cricket team out November 1947 that first test match in Brisbane that India first played under the banner of India now a little over 75 years later here in amdavad they will take on Australia once again in a test match that will decide how this series ends will it be 3-1 will it be 22 we don't like draws these days n your haens alongside me so is Sunil gaaska will hear from them very shortly as the two prime ministers find their way to where they're going to sit to watch