New Delhi. Before the start of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25) starting this month, the Indian team will not even practice by playing matches among themselves to adjust to the conditions of Australia. Earlier the Indian team had planned to play a three-day practice match with the A team. But the team management wants that them can prepare themselves better for the series by doing extra net practice.

The first Test of the 5-Test series between India and Australia will start in Perth on November 22. The Indian team was scheduled to play a practice match against the India A team captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad in Perth between November 15 and 17. The India A team is currently in Australia for an unofficial Test series.

PTI has learned that head coach Gautam Gambhir and some senior players want to spend more time in the nets. Rohit Sharma's team will travel to Australia after losing the home series to New Zealand. The Indian team, which will aim to win its third consecutive Test series in Australia, will be under additional pressure as a place in the World Test Championship Final (ICC World Test Championships Final) is also at stake.

It is believed that the pitch of WACA is similar to the pitch of Perth Stadium, so the top-order batsmen would like to spend more time on the pitch. In such a situation, there will be no talk among the team members because if a batsman gets out early, he will not get time to come back on the pitch quickly.

The Indian team played practice matches on the last two tours of Australia. In South Africa, the teams played matches in Johannesburg before the Boxing Day Test in Centurion last year. This time the Indian team is somewhat new as compared to the last two tours of Australia, where batsmen like Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, and Hanuma Vihari are no longer a part of the Indian team.