India and Australia are going to clash on the field once again. Two pink ball day-night practice test matches will be played between the two teams in Australia. Border is all set to play a two-day practice match against India and Prime Minister's XI during the upcoming Gavaskar Trophy. Before this, Team India has to play the first Test match against Australia in Adelaide from December 6, in such a situation, this day-night practice match can help Team India a lot.
For the first time in 20 years, India will face Prime Minister's XI
Actually, Team India is going to face the Prime Minister's XI for the fourth time. This is the first clash between the two in the last 20 years. 20 years ago, the captain of Prime Minister XI was Steve Waugh, under his captaincy the team played against the Indian team. At this time the command of Team India was in the hands of Rahul Dravid. Australia's current national coach Andrew McDonald was also included in the Prime Minister's XI team.
Big statement by Cricket Australia official
Cricket Australia Chief Executive Nick Hockley said, “We are delighted to confirm India's participation in this year's Prime Minister's XI match, underlining the importance of this match in the cricket calendar.”
When will the day-night test warm-up match be held?
A two-day day-night practice test match will be played between Team India and Prime Minister's XI at Manuka Oval in Canberra from 30 November to 1 December. After this, the Border Gavaskar Trophy will be played between India and Australia from 6 December.
India has not lost a single pink ball test match yet
The Indian team has played three pink ball test matches so far. Team India played these three pink ball test matches against Bangladesh (2019), England (2021) and Sri Lanka (2022). Team India won all three matches.