The 35-year-old said his decision to retire from Twenty20 internationals and focus on Test cricket had allowed him to perform at his best.

Mitchell Starc may have won the opening duel against Indian skipper Virat Kohli by getting the star batsman out for a duck in the first Test, but the Australian fast bowler insists the battle has just begun.

For the first time in 933 days, India captain Virat Kohli has been dismissed in Test cricket without scoring.

Australia's leading fast bowler Mitchell Starc is in hospital following surgery on a leg wound which required 30 stitches.