Star Australian batters Steve Smith and David Warner took a have a look at the Nagpur pitch forward of the primary Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in opposition to India, which can begin from February 9 onwards. The first Test between India and Australia will happen on the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium, Nagpur. Both David and Smith have contrasting data in India. Smith has an distinctive document in India. In six matches and 12 innings, he has scored 660 runs at a mean of 60.00. Three centuries and a fifty have come out of his bat, with the perfect rating of 178*.
An early have a look at the Nagpur pitch #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/S3BIu7qti8
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The photograph, nevertheless, was the topic of a number of memes on social media.
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On the opposite hand, Warner will likely be wanting ahead to creating his document in opposition to India in subcontinent circumstances higher. In eight Tests and 16 innings, he has scored solely 388 runs at a mean of 24.25. Only three fifties have come out of his bat, with the perfect rating of 71.
As per cricket.com.au, the pitch is dry and sports activities unfastened cracks simply two days earlier than the match, which can certainly make each side contemplate submitting their enjoying eleven with loads of spin bowling choices.
Describing the pitch, Smith was quoted as saying to reporters, “Pretty dry, particularly one end.”
“I think it will take a bit of spin, particularly the left-arm spinner taking it into our left-handers. There is a section there that is quite dry.”
“Other than that, I can not really get a good gauge on it. I do not think there will be a heap of bounce in the wicket, I think it will be quite skiddy for the seamers and maybe a bit of up-and-down movement as the game goes on.”
“The cracks felt quite loose. I am not entirely sure – we will wait and see,” concluded Smith.
India could make good use of normal spin-friendly subcontinent circumstances and their ammunition of world-class spinners like Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel to tame these two beasts all through the sequence.
Australia’s final tour of India was in 2017. India received that sequence 2-1.
India is the present holder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after profitable the sequence in Australia in 2020-21.
The sequence will consist of 4 Test matches. The sequence is a giant one for each groups as they appear to nail down a spot within the World Test Championship (WTC) ultimate.
Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner
India squad: (for the primary two Tests) Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.
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