Delhi: India vs Australia Prime Minister’s XI warm-up match was to start today, Saturday, November 30 in Canberra, but due to continuous rain, the first day’s play has not started yet. This warm-up match is of only two days, so rain can have a big impact on Team India’s preparations for the Pink Ball Test. This practice match is to be played in day-night format.
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It is noteworthy that from December 6, the second test of the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will be played in Adelaide. This will be a day-night test, which will be played with the pink ball. Earlier, the Indian team has taken a 1-0 lead in the current series by winning the first Test played in Perth and now their eyes will be on winning the Adelaide Test.
In this warm-up match, all eyes will be on captain Rohit Sharma, who has joined the team after the birth of his second child.
Indian team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Sarfaraz Khan. , Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy.
Australian team: Jack Edwards (captain), Matt Renshaw, Jack Clayton, Oliver Davis, Jaden Goodwin, Sam Harper (wk), Charlie Anderson, Sam Konstas, Scott Boland, Lloyd Pope, Hanno Jacobs, Mahali Beardman, Aidan O’Connor, Jem Ryan.
Meanwhile, there is bad news for the Australian team that fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the Adelaide Test starting from December 6 due to injury.