India have a taken a lead of 1-0 in a five-match Test with a dominant win of 295 runs in the first Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Perth. Now, the visitors will be looking to continue their domination in Tests down under with a win in the second day-night Test at Adelaide Oval starting on December 6. India haven’t lost a series against Australia since the last 10 years and will aim for their third consecutive Test series win down under.
India have shown great form in the first Test and will look to make it 2-0 in Adelaide. However, with the return of skipper Rohit Sharma, there are likely to be few changes in the Indian playing XI. Apart from that, Shubman Gill is also fit to play the second Test and was also seen in good form with a fifty in the warm-up match against Prime Ministers XI. Let’s have a look at India’s probable playing XI for the 2nd BGT Test.
India probable XI for 2nd BGT Test vs Australia
Openers: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Despite Rohit Sharma’s return in the Indian squad, it is confirmed that KL Rahul will continue to open the innings in Adelaide along with Yashasvi Jaiswal. The new opening duo of India put up a record-breaking partnership of 201 in the second innings of the first Test in Perth and set a momentum for a massive win. Jaiswal announced his arrival in Australia with a knock of 161 runs, while KL Rahul also got his form back with a well-made 77 runs. India will not look to make any change in their opening pair for the pink ball Test.
