IND vs AUS Pink Ball Test: The second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played between India and Australia has started today at the Adelaide ground. In this match, which is being played with a pink ball, Team India captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss and decided to bat first. In this match, when the Australian team came out to field, everyone had a black armband tied on their hands, behind which a special reason came to light. In fact, the Australian players wore many strips in memory of their late player Phil Hughes, who died after being hit by a bouncer ball while batting in a Sheffield Shield match.
Cricket Australia organized the event on Hughes’ 10th death anniversary.
When Phil Hughes died after being hit by a bouncer ball while batting on the field 10 years ago, the entire cricketing world was in shock and the Indian team was also on a tour of Australia. Now that it has been 10 years since Hughes’ death, Cricket Australia also organized an event to mark his death anniversary. Apart from this, the Australian players have decided to wear black armbands on the first day of the Adelaide Test match against India in memory and honor of Hughes. When Hughes died, he had played 26 Test matches for the Australian team.
Great start for the Australian team in the Adelaide Test
The Australian team got off to a great start in the Adelaide Test match where they saw 4 players from Team India to the pavilion by the end of the first session. Indian team scored 82 runs. For Australia, Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets in the first session, while Scott Boland also took one wicket. Team India captain Rohit Sharma is batting in the middle order in this match.
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