IND vs AUS Day-Night Test:
The second match of the 5-match Test series between the Indian team and Australia will be a day-night Test, played with a pink ball in Adelaide from December 6. So far, 22 day-night Test matches have been played between 10 teams in history. Among them, Australia has played the most day-night Tests, with 12 matches. The Indian team has played 4 pink-ball Tests so far.
IND vs AUS Head-to-Head Day-Night Test:
The Indian cricket team is currently on a tour of Australia, where the two teams are competing in a 5-match Test series under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. After winning the first Test, India has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. The second Test will be a day-night match, played with a pink ball in Adelaide from December 6.
The first-ever day-night Test was played between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide in November 2015, where the Australian team won by 3 wickets. Since then, 22 day-night Tests have been played between 10 teams.
Australia has played the most pink-ball Tests, with 12 matches, winning 11 of them. India, on the other hand, played their first-ever pink-ball Test in November 2019 against Bangladesh in Kolkata, where India won by an innings and 46 runs.
India Gives Australia a Tough Fight:
Although India started playing day-night Tests much later, they have given Australia the toughest competition in this format, especially in terms of win percentage, even though they have only played one pink-ball Test against Australia.
In the head-to-head record, India has lost to Australia in the only day-night Test between the two, which was played in Adelaide in December 2020, where India lost by 8 wickets. However, when it comes to win percentage in pink-ball Tests, India ranks second after Australia.
India’s Day-Night Test Record:
Australia has played 12 day-night Tests, losing just one and winning 11. India, on the other hand, has played 4 pink-ball Tests, winning 3 and losing 1. India’s victories have come against Bangladesh, England, and Sri Lanka.
A key point is that India won all three of these pink-ball Tests at home. They have played only one day-night Test on foreign soil, which they lost. Therefore, India will look to make history by winning the Adelaide Test and improving their foreign record in pink-ball Tests.
Current Test Series Squads:
India’s Squad:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, and Devdutt Padikkal.
Australia’s Squad for the Second Test:
Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster, Brendan Doggett, and Sean Abbott.
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