India Performance in Pink Ball Test: The second match of the Test series between Australia and India under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 will be played from December 6 at Adelaide Oval, which will be a pink-ball Test match.
Team India is leading the series 1-0, Rohit Sharma and the company would like to maintain the form in the upcoming match as well.
India’s Journey in Pink-Ball Test Matches
Before the upcoming pink-ball and day-night Test match against Australia, many questions must be arising in the minds of the fans, how has India’s performance been so far? Who has scored the most runs? And who has taken the most wickets? Let us give you complete information through this article-
The Indian team played the first pink-ball Test match against Bangladesh in 2019 at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.
Virat Kohli became the first Indian to score a century in a day-night Test match. Under his captaincy, India won a spectacular victory by 46 runs. Ishant Sharma played a big role in the team’s victory by taking 9 wickets in two innings.
India played the second pink-ball Test match against Australia in Adelaide in 2020. After a good start, the team was all out for 36, India’s lowest total in the history of Test cricket. But the team made a comeback in the later series matches and won the series 2–1.
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Top Performers in Day-Night Test Matches
Most Runs for India in Pink-Ball Tests
| Player | Runs | Innings |
|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | 277 | 6 |
| Rohit Sharma | 173 | 5 |
| Shreyas Iyer | 159 | 2 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 100 | 4 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | 98 | 4 |
Most Wickets for India in Pink-Ball Tests
| Player | Wickets | Innings |
|---|---|---|
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 18 | 7 |
| Axar Patel | 14 | 4 |
| Umesh Yadav | 11 | 4 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 10 | 5 |
| Ishant Sharma | 10 | 3 |
