Delhi shall be website hosting a Take a look at tournament after greater than 5 years when Pat Cummins’ Australia commute to India for the high-profile Border-Gavaskar four-match sequence in February-March subsequent 12 months.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 16, 2022 21:46 IST
Delhi prone to host India vs Australia Take a look at tournament subsequent 12 months (Reuters)
By way of Press Consider of India: (PTI) Delhi shall be website hosting a Take a look at tournament after greater than 5 years when Pat Cummins’ Australia commute to India for the high-profile Border-Gavaskar four-match sequence in February-March subsequent 12 months. 3 different centres which might be strongly tipped to host the remainder Exams are Ahmedabad, Dharamsala and Chennai.
The sequence shall be crucial as it is going to be the final 4 video games for India in the second one version of the Global Take a look at Championship (WTC) cycle. In reality, to be able to qualify for the summit conflict, India would possibly have to overcome Australia 4-0, which can be a Herculean process for Rohit Sharma’s males.
The sequence is historically a four-Take a look at affair, however shall be contested throughout 5 suits all the way through the following ICC Long term Excursions & Programme (FTP), beginning 2024. As according to the BCCI’s rotation components, Delhi, which has neglected out all the way through the 2 years of COVID-19 pandemic, is all set to get probably the most Take a look at suits. The town final hosted a Take a look at in opposition to Sri Lanka in December, 2017.
“Delhi is prone to host the second one of the 4 Take a look at suits as of now. The dates shall be out as and when the Excursions and Fixtures committee cling its assembly. Dharamsala, which hosted its first and handiest Take a look at virtually six years again, in opposition to Australia in March, 2017, will most certainly host the 3rd Take a look at,” a senior BCCI professional advised PTI at the situation of anonymity.
It’s understood that Australia, in all probability, will get started the sequence in Chennai or Hyderabad, as Bengaluru had hosted a Take a look at tournament in opposition to Sri Lanka previous this 12 months. That used to be an afternoon/evening Take a look at. Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium is anticipated to host the sequence finale.
A choice is but to taken on which of the 4 Exams shall be an afternoon/evening affair. The BCCI has up to now hosted 3 pink-ball Exams — the inaugural one within the nation in opposition to Bangladesh on the Eden Gardens, one in opposition to England at Motera and the final one used to be in opposition to Sri Lanka in Bengaluru.
Put up the COVID-19-induced ruin, the BCCI has hosted 8 Take a look at suits with 4 in opposition to England in 2021 (Chennai and Ahmedabad ), two in opposition to New Zealand (Kanpur and Mumbai) and two in opposition to Sri Lanka (Chandigarh and Bengaluru).
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Rounaq Sehrawat
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Nov 16, 2022