Team Australia is seen in action mode. Australia is touring India for the Test series after 2017. Due to this, the Kangaroo team had to face defeat on the last tour. At the same time, this time the visiting team does not want to leave any gap in its preparation. The first match of the Border-Gavaskar series will be played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur from February 9. Prior to this match, the Australian batsmen checked out the pitch at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium.
The Australia team arrived in Nagpur before the game. Here the team’s star batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner surveyed the field. Their images were shared with the official Twitter handle of cricket.com.au. In these images you can see that Warner and Smith are seen taking over the state of the pitch. Australia last won a Test series in India in 2004.
Australia have suffered many major setbacks in the first test match to be played in Nagpur. Many players on the team have been ruled out of this series due to their respective injuries. At this, fast pitchers Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood were already out. Following this, the team’s all-round star Cameron Green has also been ruled out of this test match. Regarding Green, Smith said he is not likely to play in the first test match.
It is worth mentioning that in early 2008, the teams of India and Australia played test matches at the Vidarbha Cricket Association in Nagpur. In that match, the Indian team won by 172 runs. This was the first Test match played at this ground, a total of 6 Test matches have been played here since then.