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IND vs AUS 2nd Test: Adelaide weather forecast, Pink Ball test pitch report

The India vs Australia 2nd Test will begin at 2:30 PM local time, which is 9:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST), as Adelaide is 5 hours ahead of India's time zone.

IND vs AUS 2nd Test: Rahul to bat as opener in India's Playing 11 - Rohit

Rohit explained that making a decision on his own batting position wasn't easy for him personally, but for the sake of the team, he had to make the change.

IND vs AUS: Shastri believes Adelaide 2020 debacle won't affect India

The Adelaide debacle of 2020 is history now but it should be at the back of players' minds when they take field in the day/night Test against Australia, reckons Ravi Shastri, who was India's coach in that series. India, under Virat Kohli, were shot out for their lowest-ever Test total of 36 in the second innings of the Adelaide Test that Australia won by eight wickets. Bruised and battered, and with hardly anyone giving them a revival chance, India staged a remarkable comeback to win the four-Test series 2-1 to clinch the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. "I don't think it (Adelaide drubbing) will play any role but it should be at the back of their mind because you know things happen very quickly with a pink ball," Shastri, who was the coach of the India team during the series, told The ICC Review. A 1-0 lead in pocket, India will clash with the hosts in the second Test, starting Friday. "You realise that in a session of play if things don't go your way and the bowling is good, things can

IND vs AUS: Cummins aims to tick off Border-Gavaskar Trophy victory

He has won the ODI World Cup along with the coveted Ashes multiple times but the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India remains the "one last" unchecked item in the bucket list of Australian skipper Pat Cummins, who is quite confident of doing it this time around despite the opening Test debacle. Cummins, who made his Test debut in 2011, played a Test against India for the first time in 2017. Since 2014-15, Australia have not won an India series either at home or away. The pacer is determined to change this stat despite the 295-run drubbing in the Perth game last month. "For half of the (Australian) change room, we haven't won the Border Gavaskar Trophy. It is one last thing to tick off for a lot of us. Almost every challenge that we faced in last few years, we have stepped up and done well," Cummins spoke with a lot of determination ahead of second Test against India in Adelaide. "I think we need to do that for another home summer and series. From two-three season thing, it has ...

Australia women crushes India women in ODI series opener in Brisbane

India put up a dismal show with the bat as Australia stamped their superiority over the visitors with a five-wicket win in the first Women's ODI here on Thursday. Opting to bat, India collapsed to 100 all out in 34.2 overs with Australia pacer Megan Schutt returning an impressive five-wicket haul. Australia did experience a minor stutter in the run chase, when Renuka Thakur struck twice in the same over, before coasting to victory in 16.2 overs. Debutant opener Georgia Voll (46 not out off 42 balls) produced a measured knock to ensure a comfortable win. Her effort included a six off Renuka in the cow corner region. Her opening partner Phoebe Litchfield (35 off 29 balls) was the aggressor in their 48-run stand, smashing six fours in a row, four of those coming off Renuka and two off debutant pacer Titas Sadhu. The second ODI will be played at the Allan Border Field here on December 8. Jemimah Rodrigues, who batted at number five, top-scored for India with a 23 off 42 balls. Optin

India bowled out for 100 vs AUS: Full list of women's team's lowest scores

The middle order showed glimpses of fight, led by Jemimah Rodrigues and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, both scoring 23 off 42 balls before the lower order crumbled in Brisbane

IND vs AUS: Ready to play the floater role for team, says KL Rahul

Rahul made his return to the Test squad by adding 104 runs in the two innings of the first Test of the ongoing Test series against Australia in Perth

IND vs AUS: A look at pink ball Tests in numbers at Adelaide Oval

The Adelaide Oval in Adelaide hosted the first-ever day-night Test match with a pink ball in men's international cricket back in 2015 between Australia and New Zealand

IND vs AUS: Rohit or Rahul? Who will open for India in the Adelaide Test

KL Rahul sent shockwaves through the Indian team management when he added 201 for the first wicket in the second innings of the Perth Test with Yashasvi Jaiswal

I'm good to go: Marsh provides fitness update ahead of IND vs AUS 2nd Test

Australia's seam bowling all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has allayed concerns about his injury, declaring himself "good to go" for the pink ball second Test against India, which begins here on December 6. The 33-year-old had felt discomfort after bowling after bowling 19.3 overs in the opening Test, which Australia lost by 295 runs at Perth, but Marsh has confirmed his fitness ahead of the second Test at Adelaide Oval. Australia had included uncapped Tasmania all-rounder Beau Webster in the squad due to doubts over Marsh's fitness. However, Marsh has assured that he is ready for the challenge. Asked about any fitness concerns, Marsh told Channel Nine: "The body's all good, yep. Nah, nah, I'm good to go." "I'll be there," he added after arriving in Adelaide on Monday. This news will come as a boost for Australia, who are also dealing with the absence of senior pacer Josh Hazlewood, who pulled out of the pink ball Test due to a side strain. In Hazlewood's absence, pacer Scott Boland co

IND vs AUS: Steve Smith explains how Pink-ball Test can be unpredictable

The rampaging Indian team aside, a Pink-ball Test brings with it its own set of challenges, but Australian batter Steve Smith is "focussed" on taking them all head on in the game beginning here on Friday. Australia will enter the day/night match -- second of the five-match series -- trailing, following a heavy defeat in the opener at Perth. Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, the two batting mainstays of the Australian team, were dismissed cheaply for low scores in the first Test, which Australia lost by 295 runs. "Pink ball, it can be challenging at different times of the day or night depending on where you bat and the situation of the game and the ball and all those kind of things," Smith was quoted as saying in a Star Sports video. "So just being really switched on. The pink ball can be a little bit unpredictable at times. So yeah, just being really focussed," he added. Australia skipper Pat Cummins also spoke on the challenges of playing a Pink-ball Test, but felt the basics remain

IND vs AUS 2nd Test: Travis Head hails Jasprit Bumrah as an all-time great

Head said: "It'll be great to tell my grandkids that I faced Bumrah. Hopefully, I'll face him a few more times, but he's definitely been a tough competitor."

Mohammed Siraj's comeback: From despair to dominance | IND vs AUS 2nd Test

After a challenging home series against New Zealand, the rejuvenated pacer credits his resurgence to valuable guidance from India's bowling stalwart, Jasprit Bumrah.

India vs PM XI: Five takeaways for India from two-day tour game at Canberra

India might have answered questions regarding their opening pair for the second Test at Canberra on Sunday

WTC 2024 points table: South Africa jumps to 2nd spot; Aussies slip to 3rd

South Africa made a case for ICC WTC final 2025 after they jumped to the second spot. New Zealand faced a defeat from England and slipped to 4th spot. Check WTC points table and team rankings here

India vs Prime Minister's XI HIGHLIGHTS: Harshit and Gill shines as India beat PM XI by 6 wickets

Sam Konstas' 107 goes in vain as India continues their winning run in Australia

India vs Prime Minister's XI HIGHLIGHTS: Play called off due to rain

Day 2 now will have a 50-over contest between the sides if the weather allows so as to give the teams some batting practice ahead of the 2nd Test.

Trust your game like Kohli to turn things around: Ponting to Aussie batters

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting advised struggling batters Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to trust their game akin to star India batter Virat Kohli to turn their fortunes around in the remaining four Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Labuschagne was all at sea against Jasprit Bumrah-led Indian pacers in the opening Test at Perth, which the Aussies lost by a whopping 295-run margin, making a 52-ball 2 and 3. Smith looked equally out of sorts while making a first-ball duck and 60-ball 17 before succumbing to Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj in the first and second innings respectively. "Marnus looked the most tentative out of all the batters in Perth. Yes, it was high quality bowling on a difficult wicket, but he needs to find a way to turn it around," Ponting told ICC Review. Ponting cited how Kohli broke the shackles at Perth. "Virat went back to trusting his game and he looked like a different player in the second innings than he did in the first innings," Ponting said. K

IND vs AUS 2nd Test: Boland to replace Hazlewood in Australia Playing 11

With Hazlewood ruled out of the India vs Australia 2nd Test in Adelaide, Boland, who is playing two-day tour game against India, might get a chance in Australia's XI on December 6

IND vs AUS: Allan Border claims Australia allowed Kohli to get 100 in Perth

Former Australia captain Allan Border has expressed his disappointment over the team's inability to contain Virat Kohli during the first Test in Perth and feels that can potentially cost the hosts the five-match series. Kohli, who had not scored a Test century in 18 months, roared back to form with an unbeaten 100 in the second innings as India secured a thumping 295-run victory over the hosts. "I was really disappointed in the way we let Kohli roll on to a hundred without much resistance," Border told SEN radio on Friday morning. "We don't want this guy full of confidence for the rest of the series." Border also questioned the tactics of skipper Pat Cummins, suggesting they allowed Kohli to regain his rhythm after his struggles against New Zealand in the recent home series. Kohli's century marked his seventh ton on Australian soil. Former opener Matthew Hayden also took aim at Cummins, criticising the field placements after Kohli's arrival in the middle. "They missed a few trick