Rohit Sharma-led India will now assemble in Indore for the third Test, scheduled for 1 March, on 25 February and the first practice session will take place the next day
India beat Australia by 6 wickets in the second Test at Arun Jaitley Stadium to take a 2-0 lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. SPORTZPICS for BCCI
Delhi: Most of the Indian players headed home after the second Test in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia ended inside three days. The entire team visited the Pradhanmantri Sanghralaya in New Delhi after a thumping win to take a 2-0 lead in the four-Test series.
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Trailing the series 0-2, Australia have a lot of work to do and would like to press the reset button during this break ahead of the third Test of the series. The visitors have looked all at sea in the series so far and need to put up a solid show with the bat to compete in the series.
Mitchell Starc joined the team in New Delhi and should be available for selection for the Indore Test. Cameron Green, who missed the first two Tests with injury, is likely to be 100% before the action gets underway on 1 March.
Like Nagpur and Delhi, Indore will be another trial by spin for the visiting Aussies and they need to find better ways than pre-meditated sweeping to counter R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Axar Patel.
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