India vs Australia 1
st Test – ICC World No. 1 Ranking on Line : Virat Kohli’s Men in Blue and Tim Paine’s Yellow Army will square off for the 1
st Test in Adelaide. With one trophy each in kitty for India and Australia the former won T20 series, while the latter won ODI series the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will decide which team was the best in this two-month long tour. The 1st Test will be an important one as it will be India’s first day-night Test internationally. Both the teams will lock horns at 9:30 am (IST) with ICC Test Ranking’s World No.1 spot at stake.
Ind vs Aus 1st Test: Prithvi Shaw out of form, Rohit Sharma unavailable; Can Shubman Gill open for India in Adelaide?
India vs Australia 1st Test – Who will open for India ?: Prithvi Shaw has lost his last chance to impress the Indian team management. Shaw failed to get going in the first two practice games and chances of him opening the Indian innings with Mayank Agarwal for the 1st Test against Australia in Adelaide on Thursday is all but over.
So who will open Indian innings in Adelaide?
In absence of Rohit Sharma, who will be unavailable for the first two Tests due to COVID-19 protocols, Shaw was supposedly the No.1 choice for the Ravi Shastri. But the youngster has probably fallen out of favour. He has scored just 62 runs in total, highest being 40 in the first innings of second tour game. Moreover, the 21-year-old has not looked comfortable on the Australian pitches so far.