Australia will play the ultimate Test of their house summer time at their favorite venue, the Gabba in Brisbane towards the spirited West Indies facet beginning Thursday, January 25. It shall be a twenty second day-night Test in the historical past, third at this venue and Australia have gained the earlier two towards Pakistan in 2016 and Sri Lanka in 2019. Australia, with the staff they’ve, naturally begin as favourites, nevertheless, the World Test Champions won’t be complacent, particularly provided that they discovered themselves in bother at one level earlier than Travis Head pulled the hosts out of bother.
West Indies, on the opposite hand, shall be eager to enhance their batting present as they have been shot out for scores of 188 and 120 in the 2 innings. Their bowlers did exceptionally nicely contemplating the dearth of expertise, nevertheless, the batters may have to pull their weight as nicely.
Australia have been hit with COVID-19 wave in their camp with Travis Head testing constructive first. While he has recovered, Cameron Green and head coach Andrew McDonald have examined constructive however will participate in the sport.
When and where to watch Australia vs West Indies 2nd Test dwell and free of charge on TV and OTT in India?
The second Test between Australia and the West Indies will kick off at 9:30 AMÂ IST on Thursday, January 25. The match shall be dwell on Star Sports 2 and Star Sports 2 HD channels on TV whereas the dwell streaming of the sport shall be out there on the Disney+ Hotstar app and web site.
Probably Playing XIs
Australia:Â Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
West Indies:Â Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Justin Greaves, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Kevin Sinclair, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Shamar Joseph
