The BCCI’s decision to cancel a warm-up match against India A before the start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy drew widespread criticism. Given the dismal form of many Indian In desperate measure, the BCCI schedules a practice match for the Indian team cricketers Recently, the Indian team has reportedly decided to plan an intra-squad three-day practice match. However, the board prefers to hold the match behind closed doors, with no public viewing allowed. The BCCI intends to keep all concerns internal until the start of the series.
The intra-squad warm-up tournament at the WACA is scheduled for Friday through Sunday. The BCCI assured that no public viewing was allowed as soon as the warm-up game was organized.
A group of Indian players arrived in Australia a few days ago and began training. Virat Kohli was one of the first to arrive in Australia, although he did not attend the first practice session on Tuesday. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin, respectively, also skipped the ‘optional’ session.
However, the off-coloured KL Rahul and new opening sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal, both anticipated to start in Rohit Sharma’s absence, were seen putting in hard work in the nets. Rishabh Pant, the wicketkeeper-batsman, also took part in the optional training session.
If India wants to keep their World Test Championship final qualification ambitions alive, they must defeat Australia 4-0 in the five-match series. Following the 0-3 series setback to New Zealand, India fell to second place in the points rankings, while Australia remains first.
The performance of key players including Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, and others will have a significant impact on the series’ outcome. It is unclear whether skipper Rohit will play in the first Test at Perth.