Team India will soon leave for Australia tour. This time a total of 5 test matches will be played between the two teams in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. This will be the first time in 32 years that both the teams will be seen playing a 5 test match series. The last time a 5 test match series between these two teams was played in 1991-92. Indian players will fly in two batches for this important series. In this, everyone's eyes are going to be on Indian captain Rohit Sharma. For the last few days, news has been going on that he will not play the first test match. But according to recent reports, he is available for the first test.

Team India will fly to Australia

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy battle between India and Australia has always been interesting and exciting. This time India will have the challenge of defending the title. He has won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on both the last two Australia tours. This time this team will be seen playing under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Let us tell you, the Indian team will leave for Australia tour in two batches. The first batch will go on 10th and the second on 11th November. Captain Rohit Sharma can fly to Australia with the first bat. But it is not yet clear whether he will play in the first test or not.

Let us tell you, the 5 players selected for this series are already in Australia. Abhimanyu Easwaran, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prasidh Krishna were part of the India A team that played two unofficial Test matches against Australia A. All these players will join the team in Australia only. Apart from these, 3 reserve players are also in Australia.

The first match of the series will be played in Perth

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is starting from 22nd November. The first Test is in Perth, which will be played till 26 November. After this, both the teams will face each other in the day-night test match, which will be held between 6 to 10 December with pink ball in Adelaide. Since there is a gap of about 9 days between the first and second Test, Team India can also play a practice match with Australia's Prime Minister's XI team, which will be a two-day day-night match. After this the remaining matches of the series will be played.

Team India's squad for Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj. , Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.

Reserve: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed