Join us for updates, analysis and colors during the opening day of the second test
Welcome to our life report on the third day of the Australian Verses India Test series from Adelaide. Join us for updates, analysis and colors. Here you can find our traditional comment per ball
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9.30: Boxing day in G
The perfect day for a boxing day test on ‘Mr.
Are you coming to MCG today? All the details you need: https://t.co/EFcilLPi6z pic.twitter.com/jqJg6RwdEd
– Melbourne Cricket Ground (@MCG) December 25, 2020
Welcome, everyone to one of the cult days in the cricket calendar: Boxing Day at MCG. For a long time it looked like it wasn’t going to happen so it’s great that the series has arrived here and that we’re going to have 30,000 viewers. Just to summarize where we are in this competition – India must find a way to refrain from choosing the lowest test score (36) in Adelaide a week ago. We already know that they have made four changes in their attempt to do so – two of them imposed in the absence of Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami – but it will be a powerful task. Australia are still without David Warner and have appointed an unchanged team. It is not uncommon for both XIs to be confirmed after 24 hours of play. The throw is half an hour away.
India will have two debutants: Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj. If you want to know a little more about Gill, an extremely talented batsman, check out this section below.
The story of Shubman Gill, who comes from Punjab, to earn Indian test number 297 #AUSvIND
– ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 25, 2020
Who’s excited about Boxing Day? pic.twitter.com/GeptSvmCVk
– ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 25, 2020