India Vs Australia 2023

Rohit and Rahul are not out on 13 and 4 respectively after senior pacer Mohammed Shami picked four wickets while the spin duo of off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each to bowl out Australia for 263 in the first innings.

On a pitch which gave spinners plenty of turn, bounce and grip, Australia survived a fiery opening spell from Mohammed Siraj for a 50-run opening partnership. But India came back courtesy Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami to get three wickets at the end of first session on day one. After Shami conceded four byes down leg on the first ball of the session.

Ahead of day one's play on Friday, legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar felicitated Pujara with a heartwarming speech in the presence of the Test team as well as the right-handed batter's father Arvind, wife Puja and daughter Aditi. When we are playing as kids growing up, we all, whether we are playing at home, in streets or maidans, we all dream to play for India.

After winning the toss, Cummins said Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc are not featuring in the match, with left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann making his Test debut, becoming the 466th Men's Test cricketer for Australia. He was presented with his cap by right-handed batter Marnus Labuschagne. Left-handed batter Travis Head comes in for Matthew Renshaw.

But Australia captain Pat Cummins is confident that Warner, who averages 22.16 in Tests in India, can roar back to form in New Delhi, citing his 200 against South Africa in the Boxing Day Test last year at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Cummins also disclosed that left-handed batter Travis Head is in contention to return to the side after he was a shocking omission for the first Test in Nagpur.

This rare ploy from Australia means left-arm spinner Ashton Agar and Matthew Kuhnemann are in the mix to play in New Delhi from Friday, alongside the off-spin duo of Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy. "I think there's a conversation. We'll work that out by the end of today, I hope. He's one of the world's premier bowlers in these types of conditions. We'll see. As I said, the wicket looks like it might turn a little bit."

In a way, entering this exclusive club will be a life-coming-full-circle moment for Pujara. He had made his Test debut coincidentally in the second Border-Gavaskar Trophy match against Australia at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in October 2010, making 72 in a successful chase of 207 where he came ahead of Rahul Dravid.

In his first game for India after being sidelined by a knee injury which needed surgery in September last year, Jadeja made an instant impact, claiming 5/47 in the first innings as Australia were bowled out for 177. Now, ahead of the second Test in New Delhi, India head coach Rahul Dravid stated that he was pleased with how Jadeja fared in Nagpur, especially after bowling 22 overs on day one of the game.

While Starc had a tendon injury on his middle finger while trying to take a catch in the deep, Green had fractured his right index finger while batting against tearaway pacer Anrich Nortje and needed surgery. But in Wednesday's practice session, Green showed that he could get into the playing eleven for Friday's Test as a genuine all-rounder.

After initially facing pace, Kohli was facing spin mostly. He was trying to be aggressive by using his feet in facing the spinners. He held technical talks with batting coach Vikram Rathour on how he should be facing deliveries coming from rough, followed by facing a lot of deliveries from India A and Uttar Pradesh left-arm spinner Sourabh as well as Delhi spinners Pulkit Narang and Hrithik Shokeen.