Virat Kohli in practice before the Australian test series.© Twitter
Rohit Sharma-led Team India is currently gearing up for the First Test of a four-match series against Australia starting on 9th February in Nagpur. The home team is at the venue and sweats to get a favorable result from the series. It is worth noting that a good result at the end of the series could help India secure a place in the World Test Championship final. BCCI on Sunday shared a video on social media in which people like Virat kohliRohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin And Suryakumar Yadav can be seen preparing with other members of the team for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Watch the video here:
Fully prepared #TeamIndia touch the ground run for #INDvAUS Open series of trials in Nagpur pic.twitter.com/LwJUGZ5hPp
– BCCI (@BCCI) February 5, 2023
The Australian team, on the other hand, is training equally hard in Bengaluru ahead of the match in Nagpur. The Pat Cummins-leaders are preparing themselves for the Indian conditions by practicing on the spinning tracks and jumping rope in a group of Indian spinners during their practice sessions at the Cricket Association stadium The state of Karnataka is in Alur.
The upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India will be like a ‘last frontier’ for Australia’s No 1 cricket team led by Pat Cummins, which has made a successful start after the pacer took over from Tim Paine. Australia have been doing well lately, winning the Ashes and then a series against Pakistan, the West Indies and South Africa. They will be looking to win their first series in India in 19 years. On their last tour to India in 2017, they started with a big win in the Pune Test but lost the series 1-2. On the other hand, India have not lost at home in over a decade and have a record 15 win streak.
(With PTI input)
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