Before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy's third Test match against Australia begins on December 14, players including Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and captain Rohit Sharma hit the nets in Brisbane. Young players Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Washington Sundar, and Rishabh Pant were also spotted practising their batting techniques at the nets against Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal, Akash Deep, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja in a video posted on X by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The visitors will try to forget Adelaide's suffering after suffering a crushing 10-wicket loss in the pink-ball Test as attention returns to the red ball.
After losing by 295 runs in Perth, Australia made a strong series comeback as the Indian batters appeared out of touch at Adelaide Oval after being hammered for 180 and 175 in the match.
With identical scores of 42 in both essays, Nitish Kumar Reddy led India in scoring during both innings. Senior batsmen, namely Kohli and Rohit, as well as Gill and Pant, would be expected to put runs on the board in Brisbane in order to maintain aspirations of making it to the World Test Championship (WTC) final.
In Adelaide, Travis Head's outstanding 140 helped lead Australia to 337 in the first innings, but pace leader Jasprit Bumrah did not receive the support he needed from Mohammed Siraj and Harshit Rana to go through the middle order.
However, Australian pacers Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, and captain Pat Cummins were outstanding with the pink ball and took all 20 of India's wickets in the match. Cummins and Boland took seven and five wickets, respectively, while Starc took eight. With the series leveled at 1-1, India will try to rebound back strong to gain the lead and stop Australia's momentum on home turf.
