India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat in the day-night second Test against Australia at Adelaide Oval on Friday.
India enters the second Test against Australia at Adelaide Oval with confidence after a dominant 295-run victory in the opening Test in Perth. However, Australia remains formidable at this venue, having won all seven pink-ball Tests they have contested at Adelaide.
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Indian captain Rohit Sharma, who missed the first Test for the birth of his second child, expressed optimism about the pitch ahead of the match. “It looks like a good pitch. It’s a little dry at the moment, but there’s enough grass covering as well,” Rohit said. “There will be something in it for everyone.”
India were batting at 82/4 on Day 1 of the second Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval.
Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for a duck on the first ball of the innings, trapped LBW by Starc. Meanwhile, KL Rahul made 37 runs off 64 balls before being caught by Nathan McSweeney off Starc’s bowling.
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Virat Kohli fell cheaply for 7, caught by Steven Smith off Starc’s bowling, leaving India at 77/3.
Shubman Gill was dismissed lbw by Boland for 31 runs off 51 balls, including 5 boundaries, while Rishabh Pant remaining not out on 4.
India made one additional change, bringing in veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in place of Washington Sundar. Dhruv Jurel and Devdutt Padikkal were also excluded from the squad.
Australia made one change, with Scott Boland replacing the injured Josh Hazlewood. Captain Pat Cummins expressed that while they would have preferred to bat first, they were prepared to take advantage of the early conditions with the pink ball, which can offer some movement.
"It's a venue we really love playing at, and the pink ball can behave differently than the red ball," Cummins said.
Teams
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (captain), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Rohit Sharma (captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
