Team India are currently in Adelaide featuring against Australia for the second Test match of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The ongoing clash is a pink ball day/night clash and the visitors entered the clash with a 1-0 lead in the five-Test match series. After missing the first Test match, India captain Rohit Sharma has joined the squad and leading Men in Blue in this ongoing clash apart from Rohit, young batter Shubman Gill who got injured during India's practice session at WACA before the first Test has also joined the squad.
India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first in the second Test where they bring in veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in place of Washington Sundar.
While writing this copy, Team India have taken a dinner break and there is some rain lurking just to the south of the ground. The groundstaff brings out the hessian cover which is currently parked near the pitch. However, the rain is not so heavy that it can spoil the game. The clash will start on time.
Coming back to the match, India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal again got out on a duck and his opening partner KL Rahul scored 37 runs. Apart from KL, Shubman Gill also scored 31 runs before getting out by Scott Boland. Australia's Mitchell STarc was the pick of the b0wlers with three scalps. He picked up Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, and Virat Kohli by conceding just 31 runs.
IND vs AUS playing XIs
India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Nitish Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Australia (Playing XI): Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
