Rahul Tiwari
khelja|02-12-2024
The second test match between India and Australia will be played in Adelaide. The special thing about this match starting from 6th December is that it will be a day-night match, in which pink ball will be used. Its shine remains longer than that of the red ball. Especially at night, this ball helps the bowlers more and this is a matter of concern for the Indian team. Therefore, before the Adelaide Test, Rohit Sharma's team played a practice match for two days and tried to prepare for it. But during this time, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant made a big mistake, which could lead to defeat in Adelaide.
In fact, after the cancellation of the first day of the day-night practice match between India and Prime Minister XI, a 46-46 over match was played on the second day. After winning the toss, Rohit Sharma deliberately chose to bowl first so that the Indian batsmen got a chance to bat at night and practice against the pink ball at night. 9 batsmen of Team India batted but Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant did not come out to bat. This mistake of both the players can prove to be harmful for Team India in Adelaide. The reason behind this is not practicing matches despite lack of experience in day-night tests.
The Indian team has played only 4 matches in Day-Night Test i.e. with pink ball. In this, Kohli has participated in all 4 matches and has scored 277 runs at an average of 46. Pant, on the other hand, participated in only 2 matches. During this period, 90 runs came from his bat in 3 innings. Kohli has played only 1 pink ball test in Australia. During this, he scored 74 runs in one innings and 4 runs in the second. Pant will face this ball for the first time in Australia.
Apart from this, both the players are going to play day-night test after 2 years. In such a situation, he needed to practice adequately with the pink ball. They also had a good opportunity for match practice against Prime Minister's XI, which both of them missed. Kohli and Pant are the life of the middle order of Team India. But his lack of practice before the Adelaide Test could prove dangerous for India. However, both the players are practicing it in the nets.
Kangaroo team is considered the master of pink ball. He has the most experience in playing with this ball. Australia's team has played the maximum number of 12 pink ball test matches in the world. The biggest thing is that it has won 11 and lost only 1. He also got this defeat this year. West Indies defeated them in Brisbane by a small margin of 8 runs. Talking about the Indian team, till now it has played only 4 pink ball tests in which it has won 3. All these three matches were played in India. Whereas one match took place in Australia, in which India had to face a shameful defeat. On the last tour, Team India was all out for 36 in the pink ball test of Adelaide.