The second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played in Adelaide from today. India lead the series 1-0. The team defeated Australia by 295 runs in the Perth Test. So far 13 matches have been played between the two teams in Adelaide, in which India have won 2.
Like 2020-21, this time too the day-night Test will be played in Adelaide. To practice for the Pink Ball Test, India played a two-day practice game against Australia PM-11. Which India won by 6 wickets. Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will return from today's match. Both batted in the practice match.
Match details…
date- 6 December
place- Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
time- Toss- 9:00 AM, Match Start- 9:30 AM
Rohit Sharma will play in the middle order Captain Rohit Sharma will return from the second match. He confirmed in the press conference that he will field in the middle order. In the second innings of the Perth Test, Yashshwi Jaiswal and KL Rahul shared a double century partnership. Both will open in the second Test as well. Only Shubman Gill will land at number-3. After Virat, Rohit can bat in the middle order. Devdutta Padikal and Dhruv Jurel will be out.
In the practice match against PM-11, Rohit came to bat in the middle order.
Australia ahead in overall record
Yashaswi-Virat in superb form Virat Kohli's return to form in the first Test was the biggest positive for India. Virat Kohli and Yashaswi Jaiswal scored centuries in the second innings. Jaiswal scored 161 runs and Kohli scored an unbeaten 100 runs. Jasprit Bumrah, who is captaining India, took 8 wickets in this match. He was the player of the match.
Australia's top batsmen in the first Test Travis Head scored a brilliant 89 for Australia in the second innings of the Perth Test. He was caught off the bowling of Bumrah. In bowling, Josh Hazlewood took the highest 5 wickets from the team.
In the last day-night Test, India were bowled out for 36 runs Last time the day-night test between Australia and India was won by Australia by 8 wickets. In this match, the Indian team scored 244 runs in the first innings. After this, Australia was all out for 191 runs. Due to which India got a lead of 53 runs. However, the Indian team was bowled out for just 36 runs in the second innings and Australia chased down the target of 90 runs with the loss of 2 wickets.
In the second innings of this match, Virat Kohli was dismissed for 4 runs.
Weather and pitch report Regarding Adelaide's pitch in the second Test, curator Damien Hogg says he is trying to balance the wicket. The pitch will have 6mm grass and here the ball will swing and seam. Spinners can also get a turn on the third and fourth day of the match. There is an 88 percent chance of rain on the first day of the match. In the day-night test, the swing is more pronounced during the third session.
Roll of the toss In Adelaide, the team that wins the toss can bat first. So far 82 matches have been played here, in which the team batting first has won 35 matches. The team that bowled first has won 28 matches.
Probable Playing XI for Both Teams India (IND): Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashshwi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar/Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah (Vice Captain) and Mohammad Siraj.
Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland.
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