Aus vs Ind 2024-25 – India face Premier’s XI in two-day night warm-up before Adelaide Test

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Aus vs Ind 2024-25 – India face Premier’s XI in two-day night warm-up before Adelaide Test

India will have a two-day pink-ball warm-up match before the day-night Test against Australia in Adelaide when they face the Premier’s XI in Canberra.

The floodlit match will be held on November 30 and December 1 at Manuka Oval between the first and second Tests.

In the last two seasons the Premier XI has a four-day tournament including West Indies in 2022 (which was a night game) and Pakistan in 2023, as it used to be a few overs game, but India’s game is limited to just two days.

On their previous tour of Australia in 2020-21, India lost the night Test in Adelaide by eight wickets when they were bowled out for a Test-low 36 in the second innings but came back to win the series 2-1. for a historical exhibition in Brisbane.

At that time Adelaide was the first test of a four-match series – which was completed despite the challenges of the Covid-19 border closure – and this time the series will start in Perth and include five tests.

In total India have played only four four-night Tests, most recently in 2022 against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru, while Australia have played 12 matches (all at home) with an eight-run loss to the West Indies in Brisbane for the first time. pink ball.

In recent seasons the Premier’s XI has been the strongest team in Australia A. Matt Renshaw has had a very productive season in the last two matches with scores of 81, 101 not out and 136 not out against the West Indies and Pakistan.

However, last season’s pitch at Manuka Oval was criticized by Pakistan when it was slow and low and did not provide adequate preparation for the Test in Perth although the inclement weather made life difficult for the ground staff. The last day of the game was abandoned after a night storm and took off the covers.

India have an intra-squad warm-up at the WACA from November 15-18 before the first Test on November 22. They will arrive in Australia after a three-match home Test series against New Zealand.

The India A team will tour Australia from late October and play two four-day matches in Mackay and Melbourne.

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Admin August 9, 2024

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