India vs Australia: Virat Kohli’s men to play their first pink ball overseas Test as Aussies look to extend their day-night winning streak | Cricket News

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Adelaide: The Virat Kohli-led Indian facet is all set to tackle Tim Paine’s Australia within the four-match Test sequence opener on Thursday (December 17, 2020) on the Adelaide Oval.

The match will likely be performed underneath the lights and will likely be India’s first pink-ball overseas Test. India have to date performed only one day-night Test which they comfortably gained in opposition to Bangladesh on the Eden Gardens in 2019.

On the opposite hand, the Aussies have performed seven day-night Tests and have by no means misplaced one.

However, the Indians may have a psychological benefit as they created historical past after they toured Australia in 2018. India had gained the four-match sequence 2-1 to register nation’s first Test sequence victory on the Australian soil.

The Indian pacers, notably, performed an important function in their sequence win and the guests are nonetheless assured that they’ve sufficient firepower even with out the injured tempo spearhead Ishant Sharma. On this tour, India will look to journey excessive on the expertise of Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, and Jasprit Bumrah. They may even be supported by the brand new comers Navdeep Saini and Mohammad Siraj, if/when wanted.

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The Kangaroos, alternatively, are additionally up for a powerful struggle as their tempo unit has top-notch bowlers like Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. This tempo trio may be deadly for any batting lineup on the earth and will likely be very essential within the upcoming Test sequence. 

However, within the Test sequence opener, each the groups will battle with their opening pair as David Warner and Rohit Sharma are going to miss the match. While Warner has been dominated out with an adductor muscle damage and can goal a return within the second recreation on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Rohit who was injured through the Indian Premier League season is probably going to be a part of the squad within the third Test after finishing his COVID-19 quarantine protocols.

Meanwhile, India have revealed their much-awaited enjoying XI and included Prithvi Shaw to open together with Mayank Agarwal. Wriddhiman Saha has additionally been chosen as the wicketkeeper over younger Rishabh Pant.

Australia, nonetheless, will not announce their beginning XI till Thursday’s coin toss, however skipper Tim Paine has given a powerful indication that Joe Burns will retain his place and all-rounder Cameron Green can also be set to make his debut.

India Test squad: Virat Kohli (c) (first Test solely), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj.

Australia Test squad: Tim Paine (c), Joe Burns, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade, David Warner.

 





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