IND vs AUS PM 11: Rain spoiled the game of Indian team, first day was completely washed out; Now the match will be played for this many overs

sports desk : In the five-match Test series being played between India and Australia, the Indian team won the first match by 295 runs. After this victory, the Indian team has to play the second test match with pink ball against Australia. The Indian team was going to play a practice match for this test. A two-day practice match between the Prime Minister's XI and the Indian team was to be played from today. However, the first day's play was canceled due to rain.

After the cancellation of the first day's play, the Indian players did not get a proper opportunity to practice. Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill missed a crucial opportunity to practice with the pink ball ahead of the second Test against Australia in Adelaide. If the weather is good then both the teams have agreed to play a 50 over match on Sunday.

Due to rain, Rohit did not get a chance to practice for the match. He missed the first Test due to the birth of his child. The second Test match will be played with pink ball in Adelaide from December 6.

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Update: PM's XI in India – Manuka Oval

Play has been abandoned for Day 1 and will resume tomorrow (Sunday) at 9:10 am IST. Coin toss will be at 8:40 am IST.

Teams have agreed to play 50 overs per side.#TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/qb56K8dtX0

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 30, 2024

Rohit has practiced a lot with the pink ball after reaching Australia, but match practice has a different importance in front of good fast bowlers. Especially when India played its last pink ball test match in March 2022. Gill also could not play in the first Test match due to a finger injury and it is almost certain that he will play in the second Test match.

Rohit and Gill are expected to be included in the playing eleven in place of Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel. Both these batsmen will now hope for clear weather on Sunday so that they can get some chance for match practice with the pink ball.

India has so far played four test matches with the pink ball. After winning over Bangladesh (2019, Kolkata), India lost to Australia in Adelaide in 2020. After this, however, it registered wins against England (2021, Ahmedabad) and Sri Lanka (2022, Bengaluru) on home soil.

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