The Indian cricket team got a chance to prepare better with a 1-0 lead in the Nagpur Test against Australia. The Kangaroo team lost the match by an innings and 132 runs in just two and a half days in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In the first match of the 4-match series, Suryakumar Yadav got a chance to make his Test debut but he lost it by getting out cheaply in the first innings. After making it into the Test playing XI with great difficulty, his ouster is now believed to be certain.
