IND vs AUS: Australia’s pink ball pride will be shattered, will Team India create a new history?
Will Team India create new history?
The year 2020 and the month of December. The first match of India vs Australia Test series started in Adelaide on 17th of this month. This is the match which still haunts every Indian. This was the same day when the first Pink Ball Test was played between India and Australia. Leave aside India, perhaps even Australia would not have imagined what was going to happen next in this match, which will be remembered for many years to come. Team India, under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, won the toss and decided to bat first. In the first innings, India had scored 244 runs thanks to Kohli’s 74 runs, but a shameful thing happened in the second innings, when the entire Indian team could score only 36 runs. And he had to face a big and embarrassing defeat.
Pink ball test will be played again between India and Australia
After this, once again the teams of India and Australia are going to face each other in the Pink Ball Test. The month is also of December and the ground is also the same of Adelaide. But since 2020, a lot of water has flowed in the Ganga and the picture has also changed. This time India will have a chance to do what has not happened till now in the history of Pink Ball Test. Of course, now it is not Kohli but Rohit Sharma who is the captain. But the team is from India. India’s performance in the pink ball test has not been very bad. Out of four, India has won three day-night i.e. pink ball tests, but the search for the first win on foreign soil is still going on. If we talk about Australia, apart from West Indies, no team in the rest of the world has been successful in defeating it in the pink ball test. We have also lost one match, that was in Gabba. It has not yet happened in Adelaide that the Australian team has gone back from the field after losing.
India and Australia’s record in pink ball test
Now let us tell you some things in detail about the pink ball test. India has played four pink ball tests so far, out of which it has won three and lost one. The Australian team has played 12 pink ball tests and won 11 of them and lost only one at home. Although you can also see it in the graphics posted here, but let us tell you that the batsman who has scored the most runs for India in the Pink Ball Test is Virat Kohli and after him Rohit Sharma comes at second place. Both the stalwarts of India are also going to be seen playing in Adelaide from 6th December. Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith have scored the most runs for Australia in the Pink Ball Test. Both these players will also be seen playing in the next match. That means the competition will be equal and tough.
Performance of India and Australia in Pink Ball Test
Many Indian players will play pink ball test for the first time
The problem facing Team India is that it does not have much experience of playing pink ball test. It is not known yet what will be India’s playing eleven in the next match, but it is certain that there will be at least five to six players who can be seen making their debut in the Pink Ball Test. Leave aside the new players, even KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj have not played this kind of Test yet, which will be the first experience for them. The Australian team has now become accustomed to it and this match is nothing new for them.
Bowlers who took the most wickets for India and Australia in the Pink Ball Test
Some interesting facts about day night test
You should also know some interesting things about Day Night i.e. Pink Ball Test. Till now, a total of 22 pink ball tests have been played by all the teams together, their special thing is that all of them have resulted in results, that is, no match has ended in a draw. Out of these, there were only 5 Tests which lasted for five days, all the remaining matches ended before that. There were two tests whose results came out in just two days. That is, if you are expecting that the next India vs Australia match will be a draw then it probably will not happen. The question will be how many days will it take for this match to end.
Batsmen who scored the most runs for India and Australia in the Pink Ball Test
Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah will again play pink ball test in Australia.
Of the Team India that played in the Adelaide Pink Ball Test in the year 2020, there are only two players who will be seen in the match starting from December 6. Rest of the team has changed a lot. Although Ravichandran Ashwin was also in the playing eleven of the same team four years ago, it is difficult to say whether he will get a chance this time or not. This means that Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah will have a chance to do the same to Australia in this match as Australia did to the Indian team then.
India has to register victory on foreign soil in Pink Ball Test for the first time.
The Indian team will have this golden opportunity to win the Pink Ball Test for the first time on foreign soil and tell the world that India can win the Day Night Test abroad too. There is still some time left in the match, but discussions on strategy are going on. It will be very interesting to see which move should be played so that the opposing team gets stunned. The Indian team is currently on the front foot after winning the first match of the series, whereas this is a difficult time for Australia. But the Australian team is known for counterattacking, so it cannot be taken lightly.
He may get a chance to play pink ball for India for the first time.
India vs Australia pink ball test is important for the World Test Championship
This 5-match series is also important for India and Australia because it will also decide the path to the World Test Championship. While Team India has again occupied the top position in the WTC points table, Australia has had to move to third place. Now the path for Australia to play the final is not as easy as it was believed earlier. At the same time, the Indian team’s work will not be accomplished with one or two wins. He is forbidden to lose any match. In such a situation, when the greats of both the teams will face each other in the field, then every time it is going to give a complete experience of thrill.
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