Australia dominates on opening day of Pink Ball Test match at Oval on Friday.
Australia dominates on opening day of Pink Ball Test match at Oval on Friday. 
Australia dominated on opening day of pink ball, test and bowled out India for 180 runs. They ended the day on 86/1 with Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney unbeaten at the crease. Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep.
Australia Squad: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Beau Webster, Josh Inglis, Brendan Doggett, Sean Abbott.
As per weather reports, the weather should be fine in Adelaide. If it’s overcast, the team winning the toss could opt to bowl. Their Playing XI
(Playing XI): Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
The hosts have revealed their playing XI ahead of the 2nd Test against India in the pink ball match at the Adelaide Oval.
India skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday said that one will need to devise his own methods to deal with the challenges posed by the pink Kookaburra ball during the day/night Test against Australia as it would do a bit more than the traditional red cherry.
Rohit added that she will think it’s just about getting used to the pace of the ball more than anything else. You are so used to playing with red ball, and pink ball certainly does a little bit more than the red ball,” Rohit told reporters on the eve of the Test at the Adelaide Oval.
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