Australia will bat first in the second Domain Test in Perth after India captain Virat Kohli called wrong at the coin toss.

Australia take an unchanged XI into the match, while India were forced into two changes following injuries to ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and hard-hitting batter Rohit Sharma.

Rohit jarred his back in the field during the first Test, while Ashwin suffered a left-side abdominal strain.

They were replaced in the line-up by spin-bowling allrounder Hanuma Vihari, who only narrowly missed selection in Adelaide, and Umesh Yadav, who is the fastest bowler in the India touring party, meaning India boast four front-line quicks and only a part-time spinner in their XI.

The toss win marks a reversal of fortune for Australia captain Tim Paine who lost the toss in last week's first Test in Adelaide, which India won by 31 runs. It presents a welcome change of fortune in the home side's bid to level the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at 1-1, and both captains said they would have batted first.

In fact, the Perth result is the first coin toss Paine has won since he took over the Australia Test captaincy in the wake of March's ball-tampering scandal, after the result went against him in Johannesburg, Dubai and Abu Dhabi before Adelaide.

Australia had no slip-ups in the warm-ups and Paine confirmed an unchanged XI from Adelaide at the coin toss, with Aaron Finch to continue at the top of the order after calls from some quarters for him to make a shift into the middle order following scores of 0 and 11 in Adelaide.

"Finchy's been successful in international cricket," Paine said on match eve. "He played really well in the UAE and … he just needs that one score to get that little bit more self-belief at Test level that we know he's got in international T20 and one-day cricket.

"Finchy is no different to any other player. You're not going to succeed at international cricket unless you stick to your strengths.

"Finchy knows the best way to go about his batting and we've just got to keep him on track and make sure he keeps trying to do that. If he does he'll come good for us."

The Test is the first at the new Perth Stadium, which has hosted domestic T20 and one-day international cricket previously.

Much of the talk in the lead-up to the Test at the new Perth venue has centred around the pitch, with a verdant green strip that is tipped to replicate the pace and bounce of the nearby WACA Ground strips from the days of Lillee and Thomson.

WACA head curator Brett Sipthorpe said he had advised Tim Paine to lose the toss given the difficult decision whether to bat or bowl first.

"We've just been told make it fast, make it bouncy if you can and run with it," Sipthorpe said on the eve of the Test match.

"We're just trying to produce the bounciest pitch we can."

The Test pitch for Perth Stadium's inaugural Test match is set to mirror the JLT Sheffield Shield wicket that was used last month for the WA-NSW clash.

That fixture was dominated by the pacemen – 32 of the 40 wickets fell to fast bowling, with Warriors quick Jhye Richardson taking 11 wickets – but Blues batter Kurtis Patterson proved runs could be scored with a fine century on day one.

Following a thorough survey of the players involved, the surface was deemed a success and suitable for Test match cricket.

Australia XI: Aaron Finch, Marcus Harris, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Tim Paine (c), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.

India XI: KL Rahul, M Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav.