Gautam was not part of the Indian team during the two-day pink ball practice match held in Canberra.
Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir is back in Australia. On November 26, Gautam had traveled to India to attend a family function. Gautam was not part of the squad during the two-day pink ball practice match held in Canberra. India won this match by 6 wickets.
The second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played in Adelaide from December 6. In this match, returning captain Rohit Sharma can be seen batting in the middle order. Rohit was not part of the Perth Test squad. He was on employer’s leave. Rohit’s wife Ritika gave birth to a son.
In Gambhir’s absence, the Indian team trained under the supervision of assistant coaches Abhishek Nair and Ryan ten Doeschate.
What will be the game-11 for the second test?
Picking 11 for the second match will be the biggest headache for Gambhir. Captain Rohit Sharma is back in the team. In the practice match, Shubman Gill had scored a brilliant half-century. The team will include these two players in the eleven in place of Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel. But the question becomes what will be the team’s opening combination.
Jaiswal and KL Rahul completed a double century partnership in the second innings of the Perth Test. In the Pink Ball Test also, Rahul came to open with Jaiswal. In this match, Rohit Sharma batted in the middle order. In such a situation, in the Adelaide Test, Gill can bat at number three with the opening pair of Jaiswal-Rahul and Rohit can bat in the middle order after Virat.
In the practice match, Rohit came to bat in the middle order.
PM-11 defeated by 6 wickets
In Gambhir’s absence, India defeated Australia PM-11 by 6 wickets in the two-day tour match. However, this pink ball match, which lasted for two days, could not start due to rain on the first day. After which, on December 1, both teams played a match of 46-46 overs.
Batting first in this match, the Prime Minister’s XI had set a target of 241 runs for India, which the team achieved by losing 4 wickets in 42.5 overs. Shubman Gill, who was returning from a thumb injury, scored a highest score of 50 runs for India. While Harshit Rana took 4 wickets.
India won the first Test
Team India defeated Australia by 295 runs in the Perth Test on Monday, November 26. The Kangaroo team, which was chasing 534 points on the fourth day, was all out for 238 points in the second round. India declared the second innings at 487 runs for 6 wickets. The Indian team had scored 150 runs in the first innings. In response, Australia’s first innings was reduced to 104 runs. Captain Jasprit Bumrah took 8 wickets. He took 5 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings.
Indian players celebrate their Perth Test victory.