Delhi: In the recent Test series, the Indian team had to face a crushing 3-0 defeat against New Zealand. Now Team India has reached Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where a 5-match Test series is to be played. The first match will be held on 22 November at Perth Stadium. Before the start of the series, the Indian team is playing a closed-door practice match against India A at the WACA Stadium in Perth.

There were expectations from Virat Kohli in this practice match, but he got out after scoring only 15 runs. Kohli was caught at second slip by fast bowler Mukesh Kumar. However, he was earlier taken for a scan, but he is fit and made a comeback on the field. Kohli's performance was lackluster in the New Zealand series, where he was able to score only 93 runs.

Young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal was also out after scoring 15 runs, while Rishabh Pant scored 19 runs and was bowled by Nitish Kumar Reddy. Nitish also got Dhruv Jurel caught out in the slip. Shubhman Gill, who came at number-3, made a slow start and lost his wicket on a short ball from Navdeep Saini after scoring 28 runs.

KL Rahul was looking in good form and was facing the short balls bravely, but a ball from Prasidh Krishna hit his right elbow, after which he had to leave the field. However, it is expected that he will be fit for the first test. At the time of the break, the Indian team's score was 106 runs for 5 wickets in 28 overs.

Sarfaraz Khan also got hurt

Sarfaraz Khan also got injured during practice. He left the field due to elbow injury. Sarfaraz had scored 150 runs in an innings in the series against New Zealand. In such a situation, his injury can be harmful for the team. However, it is expected that Sarfaraz will also be fit for the Perth Test like Rahul.