Team India are currently practising in Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 to get familiar with Australian conditions before the five-Test match series scheduled to start from November 22. The upcoming Test series against Australia is important for India to seal their berth for the World Test Championship (WTC) final which will take place in June next year. Team India needs to register 4-0 win in five Test match series to seal the WTC final spot without depending on other opponents.
As per the reporters in Australia, India's top batters including Virat Kohli, and Yashasvi Jaiswal struggled during the match stimulation session at WACA in Perth. All batters were caught edging behind the wicket. India wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul also got injured during the match simulation and he was forced to leave the field early.
Team India is practising without skipper Rohit Sharma as he is currently on a break citing personal reasons and there is a high possibility that he will miss the first Test match.
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Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 schedule
The opening Test match of the series between Australia and India will kick off in Perth, running from November 22 to 26. The teams will then move to Adelaide Oval for the second Test, a Day/Night game scheduled for December 6 to 10. Following that, the third Test is set for The Gabba in Brisbane, from December 14 to 18. The fourth match will be hosted at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from December 26 to 30, and the series will conclude with the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, held from January 3 to 7.
India squad for Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
Travelling reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed.
