Plenty of talking points
There’s a lot to talk about regarding this Test, both for the tourists and hosts.
After all, this is only the second time India is playing under lights in a day-night Test and, if we’re being honest, it is facing its first real challenge in the format — with respect to Bangladesh, which it beat inside two days in Kolkata last year.
Australia has a whole heap of other questions to answer, mostly about the batting lineup at the top of the order.
Can Joe Burns arrest his worrying form slump with a strong performance here today – if he starts, that is. Who will open the batting for the Aussies? Can Cameron Green make an immediate impact in the Test arena should be be selected?
It was only two years ago that India was here last, when it took on an Australia firmly in survival mode after the banning of Steve Smith and David Warner.
The tourists won 2-1 then, their first ever Test series win in Australia. They’ll be hoping to make it back-to-back victories this time around.
