Virat Kohli has said that the bowling plans are ready against Steve Smith as India prepare to take on Australia in the pink ball Test in Adelaide.
The BCCI on Wednesday announced the playing XI for the Day/Night Test in Adelaide, which begins on Thursday.
Virat Kohli said that both he and Rahane have a mutual understanding which is based on trust.
Virat Kohli was asked about his aggressive brand of cricket coupled with a fighting attitude that the Greg Chappell found similar to the mindset of Australians.
KL Rahul is making a comeback to the longest format of the game after more than a year.
Tim Paine said it was not a serious niggle and a day's rest came as a "blessing in disguise" for Steve Smith.
Ian Chappell has adviced the Indian bowlers to pitch the ball up for Steve Smith in the upcoming Test series.
Warne believes that Pandya could've helped the Indian Test team in the absence of Virat Kohli, who will return to India after the first Test to attend the birth of his first child.
Paine says 21-year-old allrounder Cameron Green is medically fit to make his test debut in the day-night fixture, but won’t divulge whether struggling opener Joe Burns will play.
Even in the absence of the experienced Ishant Sharma, the India team boasts of a lethal pace-bowling attack, led by Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami.
Kohli will be returning to India after the Adelaide Test (December 17-21) to be with his wife Anushka Sharma who is expecting their first child.
Rahane will be leading the side in the last three Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Series once Virat Kohli returns to India to attend the birth of his first child.
Isa, a veteran of 113 internationals for England, feels that out-of-form Joe Burns will not be opening alongside Marcus Harris in the opening Test at Adelaide starting on December 17.
Burns' below-par start to the Marsh Sheffield Shield season gave rise to a widespread debate as several former cricketers called for the prodigiously talented Will Pucovski to be handed a Test debut.
India have played just one pink ball Test, winning it convincingly against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens in November last year.
He scored 4, 0, 0, 1 in his last four innings during the two warm-up games ahead of the four-Test series against India.
Rahane is confident that despite Ishant's absence, the pace attack comprising Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami will step it up for the Australians.
In what could be a big blow to Australia ahead of the first Test against India, Steve Smith missed the net session on Tuesday after suffering from back soreness.
Virat Kohli will return to India after the first Test in Adelaide but Australia coach Justin Langer is determined to stop the Indian captain from setting the tone for the series.
While Shaw failed to get a fifty, aggregating 62 in four innings at an average of 15.5 in the two warm-up games over the last week, Gill made 127 at 31.75 with a 65 in those games.
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