Australia-India third Test at Dharamsala will be moved

Australia-India third Test at Dharamsala will be moved

The third Test between India and Australia is about to be moved from the picturesque HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on account of considerations concerning the floor.

ESPNcricinfo is reporting that the Indian board (BCCI) has taken the choice to shift the match from the Himalayas after an unfavourable report of the venue.

Indore and Rajkot are reportedly the frontrunners to host the Test, scheduled to start on March 1, as a substitute.

The BCCI’s inspection panel visited the bottom on Saturday and famous considerations over the outfield, ESPNcricinfo stated.

The final worldwide match performed on the floor was in February 2022 when India hosted two Twenty20s between India and Sri Lanka.

Dharamsala has solely hosted one earlier Test – the fourth match of the 2017 Border-Gavaskar sequence which India received by eight wickets to clinch the trophy.

Australia and India will face-off within the second Test in Delhi, beginning on Friday, because the vacationers try to bounce again from an innings and 132-run smashing within the sequence opener in Nagpur.

The fourth and last Test is because of start on March 9 on the 132,000-seat capability Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Source: www.perthnow.com.au