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Photo of Perth Stadium Ground. Here India has to play its first test match from 22nd November.
The batsmen of Team India going on Australia tour will face the challenge of Perth’s fast and bouncy pitch in the very first match. The test will start from November 22 in Perth. Pitch curator Isaac McDonald has said- ‘We want to leave some grass on the pitch to make it a little spicy (faster). The grass will be up to 10 mm. That means extra bounce and speed will be seen here.
The Indian team played its last Test match here in 2018. A practice match was also to be held here before the test, which has been cancelled. Team India will play a 5 test match series in Australia. The last test will be played between 3-7 January.
What kind of pitch should the curator make? McDonald, head curator of Western Australia Cricket, said, ‘This is Australia, this is Perth… I am preparing a pitch which has great pace, bounce. I want the result of this match to be similar to the match played last year. I want it to have a slightly spicy pitch.
McDonald said- ‘This (pitch) will be exactly the same as it was in the first match of the Test series against Pakistan in November last year. In that match, the Pakistani team was reduced to 89 runs in the second innings. 8 batsmen of Pakistan could not reach double figures. Australia won that match by 360 runs. In that match, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith were hit by the ball.
Imam Ul Haq facing a bouncer during the Perth Test in November 2023.
Fast bowlers are getting 73% of the wickets in Perth. Fast bowlers are getting 73 percent of the wickets on the Perth Stadium pitch. So far 4 test matches have been played here. In these, bowlers took 139 wickets, pacers got 102 wickets and spinners got 37 wickets, that is, pacers got 73.38% wickets and spinners got 26.62% wickets.
KL can open on Perth pitch It is difficult for Indian captain Rohit Sharma to play in the Perth Test due to personal reasons. In such a situation, KL Rahul can open in his place, although the names of Abhimanyu Easwaran and Shubman Gill are also among the contenders.
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