It is not hidden from anyone that the rush of matches in the team's cricket calendar has affected the Test series program and gradually the system of playing practice matches on the tour of the visiting team is coming to an end. Even if we play a practice match, there is a complaint that there is no benefit in playing it because neither we play on a wicket which is similar to the Test pitch nor the host team has players with whom it is better to practice than to play. . For Team India's tour of Australia this month, before the first Test in Perth, Cricket Australia had proposed to play an India XI-Australia A match, which the BCCI refused to play for the same reasons.

On the contrary, BCCI preferred to play against India A XI playing in Australia before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy because at least it would know who is in front. The current news is that BCCI has also canceled this practice match (which was to be held from 15-17 November). Despite knowing that most of India's top cricketers played below average during the series against New Zealand due to lack of match practice (despite BCCI guidelines, most of the senior Dalip, Irani and Ranji players avoided playing matches). Was held responsible, BCCI took such a decision.

So this 3-day intra-squad match is canceled and instead Team India will do net practice and it is quite possible that Team India players will also be called to help in the nets. The first test of this 5 test series is from 22nd November. The advantage is that the net practice will be held at the WACA Stadium in Perth, in which there will be a chance to play on the center wicket for some time and the nature of this wicket is considered to be similar to the nature of the Test pitch in Perth Stadium. Therefore, Team India itself asked BCCI for nets instead of playing practice matches. No one knows in the match who will actually get a chance to play and for how long? The captain of India A is Ruturaj Gaikwad. BCCI organizes Senior India and India A series almost simultaneously in the same country so that the pool of available players becomes larger.

At present, the pressure on Team India has increased further, especially after losing the 3-Test series to New Zealand. On top of that, the race to win a third consecutive Test series in Australia. A place in the World Test Championship final is also at stake. So overall there is pressure on the team and it is not easy to deal with it.

In both the previous tours of Australia (which were victorious), Team India played practice matches before the Test series: a 4-day match against Cricket Australia XI in 2018–19 and a 3-day match against Australia A in 2020–21. If we talk about the match between India A and the senior team India, then last year on Boxing Day, a similar intra-squad match was played in Johannesburg, before the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. Then after the match it was said that Indian batting especially did not get any benefit from this. Therefore, it is quite possible that BCCI has also kept that example in mind for its new decision.