IND vs AUS Indore Test: Border Gavaskar Trophy – Final practice session before Indore Test is underway. For India Cricket Team, all eyes are on KL Rahul and Shubman Gill. While out-of-form Rahul’s fate hangs in balance, it is Gill who is placed in the pole position to replace him in the playing XI. The 3rd Test will start from March 1. Leading 2-0 in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, Team India hit the pause button after wrapping up Delhi Test in just 3 days. But after a short 6-day break, Rohit Sharma & Co are back to complete the formalities of the series. Virat Kohli, KS Bharat and Ravindra Jadeja were among the ones to begin practice at the Holkar Stadium on Monday. The rest will begin today. Follow India vs Australia LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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Preps 🔛!#TeamIndia get into the groove for the 3⃣rd #INDvAUS Test in Indore 👌 👌@mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/iM7kmmrMLQ
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 27, 2023
- Rohit Sharma & Co have retained Border Gavaskar Trophy after winning first two Tests.
- India are now just a win away from sealing World Test Championship berth.
- Rohit Sharma & Co will also officially seal the World No 1 Test spot with a win in Indore.
- While the squad has remained unchanged, only addition is of Jaydev Unadkat who was released for Ranji Trophy final.
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Virat Kohli batting practice for #INDvAUS 3rd test match in Holkar Stadium #Indore #ViratKohli #TeamIndia #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/BDMLMdN67u— Vineet Sharma (@vineetsharma94) February 26, 2023
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2-0 up and confidence sky high, Rohit Sharma will eye two No 1 spots. A win in Indore will guarantee India the WTC Final spot. India are currently 2nd in the WTC Standings with 64.06 PCT. Only Sri Lanka can surpass India at this stage. However, a win will confirm India’s spot. Australia need just a draw to officially seal the deal.
A win in Indore will be crucial for India to keep the momentum. The only way India can miss out on the WTC Final spot is if Australia win in both Indore and Ahmedabad while SriLanka pull off a huge upset in NewZealand with a 2-0 win. If that happens, SriLanka will seal the 2nd spot with 61 PCT. India will be knocked out with 56 PCT.
Back to bat ball🇮🇳 🤟 pic.twitter.com/j16TwHI0uH
— Ravindrasinh jadeja (@imjadeja) February 26, 2023
How can India qualify?
- India are 2nd with 64 percentage point in WTC Standings.
- Australia are at the top with 67 PCT.
- India need to win the series at any cost.
- Rohit Sharma & Co can still qualify with a draw in the 3rd and 4th Tests.
- To put it in simple terms, India need to win 1 match out of two.
- India lead 2-0 but it is still not enough as SriLanka can leapfrog India if they beat NewZealand.
- South Africa and West Indies have been knocked out already.
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Australia practise in Delhi: Meanwhile, half of Australia Cricket Team that is in India is continuing to practise at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi before travelling to Indore. Travis Head, Steve Smith, Cameron Green, Scott Boland among others hit the nets on Saturday morning.
Australia have been severely depleted. Captain Pat Cummins has returned home to attend a family health crisis. David Warner who is injured has also returned home along with Ashton Agar. While both Agar and Warner are expected to be back for the ODI series, a decision will be taken based on Warner’s injury status.
Steve Smith will lead Australia in Indore. The good news for the team is return of Cameron Green, the all-rounder and Mitchell Starc. Both have passed their fitness tests and are available for selection.
India’s Test squad for third and fourth Test against Australia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), K L Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.
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