First Published Feb 6, 2023, 12:31 PM IST
The first Test match between India and Australia will be played at the Nagpur Stadium on the 9th.
Border Gavaskar Trophy
Australia toured India in a 4-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy and 3-ODI series. The first Test match between India and Australia will be played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Jamtaboo, Nagpur on 9th.
Indian Team:
Rohit Sharma (captain), K.L. Rahul (Vice-Captain), Shubman Gill, Chattiswar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharath (Wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (Wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaidev Unadgad and Suryakumar Yadav.
Nagpur
The Indian team has arrived in Nagpur and is actively training there. Out of the 5 Border Gavaskar Trophy held so far, India has won the trophy 4 times and Australia only once.
World Test Championship
In the World Test Championship rankings, Australia are at the top position and India at the 2nd position. India need to win 3 matches to qualify for the World Test Championship series. India should win 2-0 or 2-1 or 3-0 or 3-1 in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy between the two teams.
Sri Lanka and New Zealand
After a few days of rest after the Sri Lanka and New Zealand series, India are training hard for the Test series. Rahul Dravid has said about this: All the players are physically fit.
White cricket
Seeing the Test team after a long gap. The last time we played all white cricket matches. Few players return to Test cricket. It is mandatory to give separate training to the players for Test cricket.
Test match
It was a pleasure to participate in the training camp before the Test match. The ground is also good. Fielding is also very important in the match. Due to this, we are training slip fielding with more emphasis.
Catch practice
Catching training is also given to the players. So far there was no time to talk to the players properly because of the back-to-back matches. He said that only now we are training the players on how to identify their shortcomings and correct them.