India vs Australia 2nd BGT 2024-25 Test: Toss result and playing XIs, umpires list and pitch report
India are taking on Australia at the Adelaide Oval in the second Test of the five-match 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The visitors are 1-0 up, having stunned the Aussies by 295 runs in the opening Test in Perth, thus registering their biggest Test win Down Under in terms of runs.
There has been a big gap between the two Tests, though, and Australia would believe they have had enough time to recover. They would take a lot of confidence from the fact that they haven't lost a pink-ball Test in Adelaide thus far. India will thus have to play some exceptional cricket to take a 2-0 lead.
The visitors have the services of skipper Rohit Sharma for the Adelaide Test. He returns after having missed the opening match in Perth and will bat in the middle-order. There is some inexperience in the bowling line-up, but the Jasprit Bumrah-led attack did a great job in the first Test nonetheless.
India vs Australia 2nd Test toss result
India won the toss and have decided to bat first. Rohit Sharma said:
“Looks a good pitch. Looks a bit dry at the moment, but there is some grass on the surface. There will be something in it for everyone.”
India have made three changes to their playing XI. Apart from Rohit, Shubman Gill and Ravichandran Ashwin are back. For the Aussies, Scott Boland comes in for Josh Hazlewood.
IND vs AUS 2nd Test match playing XIs
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (w), Rohit Sharma (c), Nitish Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
IND vs AUS 2nd Test pitch report
I (Gavaskar) was here five-six days ago. I saw there was plenty of grass covering but it has been taken out now. The new ball bowlers will have plenty of help. Adelaide pitches are known for batting. It will seam around quite a lot. Good batting conditions on Day 1 and Day 2. Averages then go down through to Day 5. - Sunil Gavaskar and Matthew Hayden
IND vs AUS 2nd Test match players list
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Akash Deep
Australia squad: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Beau Webster, Josh Inglis, Brendan Doggett, Sean Abbott
IND vs AUS 2nd Test match umpires
On-field umpires: Richard Illingworth, Chris Gaffaney
TV umpire: Richard Kettleborough
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle