The Indian cricket squad arrived in Adelaide following a successful pink-ball practice match in Canberra. While the players prepared for the day-night Test against Australia, a few went shopping at the airport. Sarfaraz Khan and Washington Sundar wore hats before flying to Australia, and the latter decided to buy one. On the other hand, Sundar couldn’t help but respond to Sarfaraz’s comments as he tried on several headwear.
In the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test, India won the toss. It chose to bat first. fours and a six) contributing critical contributions and forming an important 48-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
Josh Hazlewood (4/29) was Australia’s outstanding bowler, with Pat Cummins, Mitchell Marsh, and Mitchell Starc taking two wickets each. Australia’s reply was considerably poorer, as they were reduced to 79/9 before Mitchell Starc (26) and Alex Carey (21) lifted the total to 104, giving India a 46-run lead.
In their second innings, India built up a big advantage. Despite losing quick wickets, Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 100 (143 balls, eight fours, and two sixes), aided by Washington Sundar (29 off 94 balls, one six) and Nitish Reddy (38* off 27 balls, 3 fours, and two sixes), drove India to 487/6 declared, setting Australia a challenging target of Five hundred and thirty- runs. Australia was just the second-best team in the chase, with Indian bowlers continuing to dominate.