After waiting for several months, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has started. The first match of the Test series between India and Australia started on 22 November in Perth. Team India has entered this match without its regular captain Rohit Sharma, who had taken a break from this Test. Rohit is going to reach Australia soon and will join the team. Cricket Australia has announced the team for the match from which he will return after reaching Australia. This team is Prime Minister’s XI, against which Team India will play the practice match.
PM 11 squad announced, Rohit will return
Just before the match started on Friday at Optus Stadium in Perth, Cricket Australia announced the Prime Minister’s XI squad. Fast bowler Scott Boland and batsman Matthew Renshaw, who played Test cricket for Australia, have also been included in this squad of 14 players. Boland will stake his claim for his place in the Australian team for the second Test match with a good performance in this match. Apart from these, there is also young batsman Sam Constas, who was considered a contender for opening the Test series. They would also like to strengthen their claim. This 2-day practice match between Team India and Prime Minister XI will be played on 30th November and 1st December.
Captain Rohit Sharma will also make a comeback with this match. Rohit, who took a break from the first Test due to the birth of his son, is expected to reach Perth on November 24 and join Team India. In such a situation, the first match practice for Rohit will be from this match. This match will be played in day-night format and pink ball will be used in it. This match will serve as preparation for the second Test match between India and Australia starting from December 6, which will be played in day-night format and will be held in Adelaide. Also, this match will be held in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
Prime Minister’s XI Squad
Jack Edwards (captain), Charlie Anderson, Mahalie Beardman, Scott Boland, Jack Clayton, Aidan O’Connor, Olly Davis, Jaden Goodwin, Sam Harper, Hanno Jacobs, Sam Constas, Lloyd Pope, Matthew Renshaw, Jaime Rhyme.
Team India’s bad start in Perth
Talking about Perth Test, Team India won the toss in this match and decided to bat first. However, the Indian team did not have a good start in this series and in the first session itself, 4 wickets including Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul fell, while Team India could score only 51 runs. Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc troubled Team India the most and took all four wickets.
