Will Virat Kohli's team win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy?

 

 

India's tour of Australia 2020-21

Will Virat Kohli's team be able to win the Test series from Australia and bring home the Border-Gavaskar trophy as like last time? It must be said that India's tour of Australia from November 26 is going to be more difficult than many previous tours. Because this time Steven Smith and David Warner will be in the Aussie team. Which will increase both the strength and morale of their team.

 

In the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner in the 2018-19 series, India lost to Australia 2-1 in the Test series for the first time in their 71-year test history against Aussies. At that time, they were banned for a year for tampering with the ball. From that point of view, it can be said without any doubt that the Indian team is facing a tough challenge for both of them to be available in this time. Again it is also a matter of concern to India, two experienced Indian cricketers, batsman Rohit Sharma and pace bowler Ishant Sharma, are still uncertain on the tour due to injuries. Jay Shah, the honorary Secretary of BCCI said “The BCCI Medical Team will continue to monitor the progress of Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma.”

Instead, the Indian Test team has some new faces like Shubhman Gill, Mohammad Siraj or Navdeep Saini who have never played Tests on Australian soil before. Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kartik Tyagi, Ishan Porel and T. Natarajan are also on the tour as backup or additional bowlers who are in great form in this IPL and Domestic season.

Let's take a look at the Indian test team against Australia :

Virat Kohli (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj

TEST SCHEDULE, VENUE, TIME

1st Test

Dec 17, Thu - Dec 21, Mon

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

9:30 AM

04:00 AM GMT / 02:30 PM LOCAL

 

2nd Test

Dec 26, Sat - Dec 30, Wed

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

5:00 AM (Dec 26)

11:30 PM GMT (Dec 25) / 10:30 AM LOCAL

 

3rd Test

Jan 07, Thu - Jan 11, Mon

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

5:00 AM (Jan 07)

11:30 PM GMT (Jan 06) / 10:30 AM LOCAL

 

4th Test

Jan 15, Fri - Jan 19, Tue

The Gabba, Brisbane

5:30 AM (JAN 15)

12:00 AM GMT (JAN 14) / 10:00 AM LOCAL

 

The first Test in Adelaide, which starts on December 17, will be played with pink ball as a day-night test. In a word, the Test series of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, which is going to start after 9 months, is going to be very exciting. Again everyone will be very anxious to see the duel between Virat and Smith on the ground.