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India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat in the day-night second Test against Australia at Adelaide Oval on Friday.
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India vs Australia LIVE Score, 2nd Test Pink Ball Match Day 1: Rohit Sharma-Led India Look To Bury 36-All Out Ghosts
India vs Australia 2nd Test LIVE Updates: The India vs Australia Day-Night Test is here. Both teams will enter the Adelaide Oval on Friday knowing fully well that a win here may impact the series in more ways than one.
Pink Ball Does More Than Red, One Has To Find His Own Way To Deal With It: Rohit Sharma
India skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday said that one will need to devise his own methods to deal with the challenges posed by the pink Kookaburra ball during the day/night Test against Australia as it would do a bit more than the traditional red cherry. Rohit, who didn't score too many in the truncated warm-up game against the Prime Minister's XI, was asked for his take on the pink ball and he agreed with his colleague KL Rahul's view that it does come faster than the red Kookaburra.
Blow To R Ashwin And Ravindra Jadeja For 2nd Test, Report Says Team Management Prefers This Player
Just as the case was in the opening Test between India and Australia in Perth, the second Test at Adelaide is also likely to see Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja being made to warm the bench. According to a report, Washington Sundar is all but certain to keep hold of his spot in the Indian team as the 'sole spinner', with the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Harshit Rana accompanying him as the three pacers for the day-night Test.
Cult hero Boland back, Marsh fit to bowl for Australia
MELBOURNE :Scott Boland will replace injured paceman Josh Hazlewood in Australia's sole change for the second test against India, while all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been passed fit to bowl, captain Pat Cummins confirmed on Thursday.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 1 Under Threat? Adelaide Pitch Curator Says, "We're Expecting..."
Potential thunderstorms are forecast for the opening day of the India vs Australia day-night Test, starting on Friday, which is unusual for Adelaide at this time of the year. It will be India's first pink-ball Test in Australia since they were infamously bundled out for 36 at the same venue back in 2020 but Adelaide pitch curator Damian Hough maintained there were no demons in the pitch even back then. "I am not sure exactly on the timing of those storms coming through, but we're expecting to pull covers a bit on Friday. Hopefully it clears out on Saturday morning ... then it should be good for the remainder of the Test," he said.
Australia's BGT Star, Once Curator At India's 36 All Out Venue, Labels Adelaide Pitch As "Best"
Ahead of the pink-ball, day-night Adelaide Test against India, Australia's ace spinner Nathan Lyon expects the Adelaide Oval wicket to spin and called it the "best cricket wicket in the world". Lyon, who was once an assistant curator at the Adelaide Oval, will be aiming to conquer the Adelaide pitch as Australia seeks their best chance of fighting back against India in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy series with the pink-ball, day-night Test taking place. Having a record of 11 wins and a loss in pink-ball Tests, Aussies would be no doubt fired up to turn the tables after a 295-run loss at Perth.
"When You Travel Overseas...": KL Rahul On Opening The Batting With Yashasvi Jaiswal
Ahead of the pink-ball, day-night Test against Australia, India batter KL Rahul opened up on batting with Yashasvi Jaiswal during the Perth Test win, saying that he saw a little bit of younger him in the 22-year-old who is also making his first trip to Australia like Rahul did back in 2014. The cricket technicians and Test-loving purists would no doubt be anticipating yet another masterclass from Jaiswal and Rahul at the top when they take to the field for the second Test at Adelaide Oval.