The second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played in Adelaide from tomorrow. India is leading 1-0 in the series. The team defeated Australia by 295 runs in the Perth Test. So far 13 matches have been played between the two teams in Adelaide, India has won 2 here. Like 2020-21, this time also a day-night test will be played in Adelaide. For the practice of Pink Ball Test, India played a two-day warm-up game with Australia PM-11. Which India won by 6 wickets. Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will return from tomorrow’s match. Both batted in the practice match. Match details Date- 6 December Venue- 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 play in the middle order. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul had a double century partnership in the second innings of the Perth Test. Both will open in the second Test as well. Shubman Gill will come at number-3. After Virat, Rohit can bat in the middle order. Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel will be out. Australia ahead in overall record Yashasvi-Virat in form Virat Kohli’s return to form in the first Test was the biggest positive for India. Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored centuries in the second innings. Jaiswal scored 161 and Kohli scored an unbeaten 100. In this match, Jasprit Bumrah, who is captaining India, took 8 wickets. He was the Player of the Match. Head was Australia’s top batsman in the first Test Travis Head scored a brilliant 89 runs in the second innings of the Perth Test for Australia. He was caught out by Bumrah. In the bowling department, Josh Hazlewood took the most 5 wickets for the team. India was all out for 36 runs in the last day-night test. Australia won the last day-night test between Australia and India by 8 wickets. In this match, the Indian team scored 244 runs in the first innings. After this, Australia was all out for 191. Due to which India got a lead of 53 runs. However, India’s second innings was reduced to 36 runs and Australia achieved the target of 90 runs by losing 2 wickets. Weather and pitch report Regarding the Adelaide pitch in the second Test, curator Damien Hoff says that he is trying to balance the wicket. There will be 6 mm grass on the pitch and the ball will swing and seam here. Spinners may also get 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 day-night tests, swing is often seen more during the third session. Role of toss The team winning the toss in Adelaide can bat first. So far 82 matches have been played here, in which the team batting first has won 35 matches. At the same time, the team bowling first has won 28 matches. Possible Playing XI India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar / Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana, Jaspreet 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.
