India captain Virat Kohli on Friday opted out of the day-night warm-up game against Australia A, deciding to give his body some rest after having played in all the preceding limited-overs matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India won the toss and elected to bat in the three-day game that started here on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Kohli sitting out of the pink-ball tour match, the seasoned Ajinkya Rahane is leading the team at the Sydney Cricket Ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game is more of a simulation ahead of the series opening day-night Test, which will be played with a pink ball from December 17 to 21 at Adelaide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The touring Indians don’t have enough experience of facing the pink ball in top-flight cricket, having played only one such Test against Bangladesh last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India though won that game, held at the Eden Gardens, by a handsome margin of innings and 46 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia have played in quite a few pink-ball day-nighters over the last few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Adelaide, the matches will be played at Melbourne (from December 26 to 30), Sydney and Brisbane in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four members of Australia’s Test squad are playing in the tour game opening batsman Joe Burns, all-rounder Cameron Green, pace bowler Sean Abbott and leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India are coming into the game after having won the T20I series 2-1 following a loss in the ODI rubber by a similar margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Wriddhiman Saha, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia A: Joe Burns, Marcus Harris, Nic Maddinson, Ben McDermott, Cameron Green, Jack Wildermuth, Alex Carey, Sean Abbott, Will Sutherland, Mitch Swepson, Harry Conway.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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