Star batsman Virat Kohli of the Indian cricket team© AFP
Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and skipper Rohit Sharma were among the players who hit the nets in Brisbane ahead of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, which starts on December 14. In a video shared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Jadeja at the nets. As the focus returns to the red ball, the visitors will look to forget Adelaide's woes when they suffered a massive 10-wicket defeat in the pink-ball Test.
Indian batters seemed out of touch at Adelaide Oval as they racked up 180 and 175 runs in the match, leading to Australia's emphatic comeback in the series after their 295-run loss in Perth.
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For India, Nitish Kumar Reddy was the top scorer across both the innings with identical scores of 42 in each essay. In Brisbane, the onus will shift to senior batsmen, especially Kohli and Rohit, along with Gill and Pant to put runs on the board to keep the World Test Championship (WTC) final hopes alive.
In the bowling department, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah did not get the desired support from Mohammed Siraj and Harshit Rana in Adelaide to get through Australia's middle order as Travis Head's excellent 140 guided them to 337 in the first innings.
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On the other hand, Australian pacers led by captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland provided fire with the pink ball and went on to take all 20 of India's wickets in the match. Starc took eight wickets, while Cummins and Boland got seven and five scalps respectively.
With the series level at 1-1, India will look to come back strong to take the lead and break Australia's momentum on home soil.
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