Virat Kohli Skips India Vs PM XI Match Before Adelaide Test: The second Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is to be played in Adelaide. This will be a pink ball day-night test to be played from December 6 to December 10. Earlier, Team India had managed to win the Perth Test by a big margin. Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli had won the hearts of the fans with his brilliant performance in the Perth Test. In the second innings, he scored his 7th century in Australia and led the team to victory. However, after this his exclusion from the practice match against Prime Minister’s XI is under question.
Kohli remained missing against Prime Minister’s XI
Virat Kohli neither batted nor fielded in the PM XI match. Although he was made to bat at number four, captain Rohit Sharma came on the field in his place. It is not clear whether Kohli took this decision himself or the team management decided to give him rest.
Young players were tried in the match. KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal were given a chance as openers. Jaiswal scored 45 runs, while Rahul retired after scoring 27 runs. But the question is that if other players were given a chance to practice, then why was Kohli given rest?
Kohli’s performance in pink ball test
Virat Kohli’s record in the pink ball test has been good. Kohli is the highest run scorer for India in pink ball. Virat has played 4 pink ball tests. He has played 6 innings in these 4 matches, scoring 277 runs at an average of 46.16, which includes one century and one half-century.
india vs australia adelaide test squad
- Indian team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
reserve: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khalil Ahmed - Australian team: Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster.
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