Team India faces weather worries as they arrive in rainy Adelaide for pink-ball Test against Australia

The BCCI shared a video capturing the Indian cricket team's journey from Canberra, where they had played a warm-up pink-ball game against a Prime Minister's XI, to a rainy Adelaide. The video ends with the players arriving at their destination, with the unsettling weather forecast predicting rain on Friday, December 6, the scheduled first day of the match.

India looking to break another fortress

India had ended their previous tour of Australia by famously becoming the first team in over three decades to beat them in a Test match at the the Gabba. They started off this tour by returning from being all out for 150 runs in their first innings and becoming the first side to beat Australia in a Test match at the Perth Stadium. Now, they face another fortress as they face Australia in a pink-ball Test in Adelaide, a match they have dominated.

The first pink-ball Test in the country was played in Adelaide between Australia and New Zealand in November 2015 and the hosts won that by three wickets. Since then, Adelaide has been the primary venue for the pink ball Test in Australia, with Brisbane hosting it in December 2016, January 2019 and January this year, and Perth hosting it once in December 2019. Australia had won all of the matches they had played regardless of the venue until they were stunned by the West Indies in January. India have played one pink-ball Test in Australia and that was the game in which they were infamously bowled out for 36 runs and lost by eight wickets in their previous tour. India however bounced back from that defeat to win the series 2-1.

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