Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Pitch Report: Batting And Bowling India vs Australia, 1st Test Preview (9/1/23): Prediction IND vs AUS, 1st Test, Australia tour of India, 2023 – Live Cricket Score

By Antonio On Feb 5, 2023

The opening match of the exciting four-match Test series between Team India and Australia will be played at VCA Stadium. On Thursday, February 9, the first Test match between India and Australia begins. India’s quest to advance to the World Test Championship (WTC) finals will also rely heavily on the Test series. We look at the VCA Stadium PITCH report, India’s record in Nagpur, and the IND AUS H2H record ahead of the exciting match.

The four-match Test series between India and Australia, which will begin on February 9 at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium (VCA stadium) in Nagpur, is set to take place in the longest format of the game. Since this will be the first Test match played at the VCA Stadium in five years, there is a lot of anticipation among the fans.

Ahead of the fifth & final #INDvAUS ODI, #TeamIndia went through a rigorous training session at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur pic.twitter.com/tnGbv18TeN
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 30, 2017

VCA Stadium PITCH Report

The Vidarbha Cricket Association’s pitch is suitable for fast bowlers and helps them move and pace. However, in the most recent test that was played at this stadium in 2017, spinners prevailed. During the match between India and Sri Lanka, the spinners took a total of 13 wickets.

India won the match by 239 runs and an innings thanks to 8 wickets from Ravichandran Ashwin and 5 from Ravindra Jadeja. Six years have passed since that very match, and this time around, it will be interesting to see what the surface has to offer.

The batting-friendly surface at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium is likely to assist batters once more today. In the middle overs, spinners may offer assistance, while pacesmen may receive some assistance toward the end of the game.

IND AUS Test series schedule

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IND vs AUS 1st Test: February 9:13 in Nagpur
IND vs AUS 2ndTest: February 17:21 in Delhi
IND vs AUS 3rd Test: March 1:5 in Dharamshala
IND vs AUS 4th Test: March 9:13 in Ahmedabad

squad

India squad :

Rohit Sharma (c)
KL Rahul (vc)
Shubman Gill
Cheteshwar Pujara
Virat Kohli
Shreyas Iyer
KS Bharat (wk)
Ishan Kishan (wk)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Ravindra Jadeja
Mohammed Shami
Mohammed Siraj
Umesh Yadav
Jaydev Unadkat
Suryakumar Yadav

Australia squad:

Pat Cummins (c)
Ashton Agar
Scott Boland
Alex Carey (wk)
Cameron Green
Josh Hazlewood
Peter Handscomb (wk)
Travis Head
Usman Khawaja
Marnus Labuschagne
Nathan Lyon
Lance Morris
Todd Murphy
Matthew Renshaw
Steve Smith (VC)
Mitchell Starc
Mitchell Swepson
David Warner

Where to watch

Star Sports Network will provide access to the matches’ broadcasts. In India, the Disney+Hotstar app will allow for live streaming of the test match between India and Australia as well as the ODI series.