New Delhi: There has been a lot of debate about whether Team India will get some relief in quarantine on the tour of Australia. The good news for Virat Kohli & Co. is that once the Covid-19 report is negative, they will be able to train directly. According to sources, Team India will arrive in Australia on November 12. The entire team will have to undergo the Covid-19 test and after the result is negative, all the players will be able to train from November 13.
After the corona virus, they will be able to play intrasquad matches at the Bio Bubble ground, so that they can be aware of the Australian wicket. The Indian team will arrive in Australia after spending about 60 days in the UAE. Captain Virat Kohli has played matches on Friday in the bubble created for Indian players in Dubai. In the second eliminator of IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, Test players like Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari have started preparations. The Indian team is scheduled to play a day-night test in Adelaide. This match will be played with Pink Ball. Four additional bowlers – Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Karthik Tyagi, Ishan Porel and T Nagarajan – will also travel to Australia with advisors to help the Indian batsmen.
India and Australia have 3 ODIs, 3 T20s and four Tests to be played. Test matches will be played under the World Test Championship. India and Australia are currently at No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the World Test Championship.
Indian T20 team for Australian tour:
Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yujvendra Chahal, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mo. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Varun Chakraborty.
Sanjay Manjrekar did not give a place to Virat in his IPL XI, he said- this batsman is a contender for No. 3
Indian ODI team for Australia tour:
Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubhaman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yujvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mo. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur.
Indian Test team for Australian tour:
Virat Kohli (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubhaman Gill, Riddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Jaspreet Bumrah, Mo. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mo. Siraj.
