Playing Pink-Ball Test in Australia will be Challenging: Rohit Sharma

The Indian team has to play 4 Tests and three ODIs in Australia in December-January.
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Image credit: NDTV Sports

Indian opener Rohit Sharma has said that playing a pink-ball (day-night test) match in Australia will be challenging. The Indian team has to play 4 Tests and three ODIs in Australia in December-January. The second match of the series will be the Day-Night Test, which will be played in Adelaide on 11 December. India has played only one day-night test. The match was played against Bangladesh on 22 November 2019 in Kolkata. India won the match by an innings and 46 runs.

Loves to watch Smith and Jason Roy Batting:

Rohit was talking to the fans on Instagram. During this time, a fan asked Rohit to know about the preparations for the Pink-Ball Test in Australia. On this, Rohit said that this match is going to be very challenging. Rohit said that he loves to watch Australia's star batsman, Steve Smith and England cricketer Jason Roy batting.

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The tour will begin with the T20 series in October:

The Indian team will go for the tour of Australia in September. The first match for the 3 T20 series will be held in Brisbane on 11 October. After this series, both teams have to take part in the T20 World Cup. The tournament will take place from October 18 to November 15.

The first test will be held on December 3:

After the World Cup, the Test series between India and Australia will begin with the first test match on 3 December. While the second test will be played in Adelaide on 11 December. After this, the third Test will be played in Melbourne from 26 December and the fourth match in Sydney from 3 January. Due to Corona, Team India players will have to keep themselves in isolation for 14 days on the tour, which has been allowed by the BCCI.

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Image credit: DNA India

Rohit scored 29 centuries in 224 ODIs:

Rohit has so far scored 9115 in 224 ODIs with 29 centuries, while 2141 runs in 32 Tests. He has scored 6 centuries and 10 half-centuries in Tests. This batsman has played 108 T20s so far and scored 2773 runs.

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