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Gautam was not a part of the Indian team in the two-day pink ball practice match held in Canberra.
Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir has returned to Australia. He will join the team on Tuesday. On November 26, Gautam returned to India to attend a family function. Gautam was not a part of the team in 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 6 December.
In Gambhir’s absence, the Indian team trained under the supervision of other coaching staff. Assistant coach Abhishek Nair, Ryan ten Doeschate, bowling coach Morne Morkel trained the team. Rohit joined the team on 24 November. He was on patrony leave. Rohit’s wife Ritika has given birth to a son.
In Gambhir’s absence, the Indian team trained under the supervision of assistant coaches Abhishek Nair and Ryan ten Doeschate.
Rohit Sharma can play in middle order
Choosing the playing 11 for the second match will be the biggest headache for Gambhir. Captain Rohit Sharma has returned to the team. In the practice match, Shubman Gill had scored a brilliant half-century. The team can include these two players in the playing-11 in place of Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel. But the question becomes what will be the opening combination of the team.
Jaiswal and KL Rahul made a double century partnership in the second inning 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 game. However, this two-day long pink ball match could not start due to rain on the first day. After which, on December 1, both the teams played a match of 46-46 overs.
Batting first in this match, 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 the highest score of 50 runs for India. Whereas Harshit Rana took 4 wickets.
India won the first test
The Indian team defeated Australia by 295 runs in the Perth Test on Monday, 26 November. The Kangaroo team, which was chasing 534 runs on the fourth day, was all out for 238 runs in the second innings. India declared the second innings at 487 runs for 6 wickets. Team India had scored 150 runs in the first innings. In reply, 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 celebrating after victory in Perth Test.
