IND vs AUS Delhi Test: India vs Australia LIVE – India Cricket Team a win away from sealing World Test Champions Final spot, Rahul Dravid is leaving no stones unturned. India face Australia in the 2nd Test in Delhi and India head coach arrived a day early to check the Arun Jaitley Stadium pitch. Like Nagpur, it is expected to be another turner and Dravid wants to understand the conditions before making a final decision on the India Playing XI. Follow Border Gavaskar Trophy LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
“Dravid has been visiting the stadium for a couple of days. He is closely monitoring the square to be used for the Test,” a TOI quoted a BCCI source as saying.
IND vs AUS Delhi Test: WTC Final at stake, Rahul Dravid arrives in Delhi a day early to check Arun Jaitley Stadium Pitch ahead of 2nd Test, Follow India vs Australia LIVE Updates
How is the Kotla Pitch? – Australians are already afraid that it will be a turning track and they are right about it. With the harsh winter in Delhi, the pitch hasn’t received much sunlight. Hence, the pitch is expected to have a low bounce. With no rain, it is already dry and that could spoil the party for Aussies.
The past records also suggest it will be a spin-heavy track with some great spin records at the venue. In the last ODI played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in October, India bowled out SouthAfrica for 99 with 8 wickets going to spinners including Kuldeep Yadav’s four-fer.
Australians struggled in Nagpur to deal with India’s spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel. They folded for 177 and 91 as India routed the World No 1 Test team in three days.
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To deal with India’s spinners, Australia opted for a lengthy practice session on a different Nagpur pitch on Monday. Australia’s entire top order barring Steve Smith had a batting practice to deal with Ashwin & Co.
India & Australia arrive in Delhi – Meanwhile, both teams arrived in Delhi on Tuesday. Some of the Indian stars had a two-day break as they went home. The rest including Ravindra Jadeja and Cheteshwar Pujara opted to stay back in Nagpur and have a practice session of their own. Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin and KS Bharat also travelled from Nagpur on Tuesday.
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