World News | Indian, Australian PMs to Watch Day 1 of Final Test Match of Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian PM Anthony Albanese to watch day 1 of the final test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Ahmedabad, on March 9, Thursday. Australian High Commissioner Barry O'Farrell on Monday informed while speaking to ANI that the Australian Prime Minister will be on a Three-day-visit to India from March 8, Wednesday and will visit Mumbai, Ahmedabad and the National Capital New Delhi.
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian PM Anthony Albanese will watch day 1 of the final test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Ahmedabad on March 9.
Australian High Commissioner Barry O'Farrell on Monday told ANI that the Australian Prime Minister will be on a three-day-visit to India from March 8 and will visit Mumbai, Ahmedabad and the New Delhi.
He informed ANI that PM Modi and Australian PM Albanese will watch Day-1 of the fourth and final Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia in Ahmedabad on March 9.
"One of the things that bind both countries is cricket and it will be great to see the leaders of India and Australia on day one of the matches in Ahmedabad," he said.
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The fourth and final Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will start from March 9 onwards in Ahmedabad.
India is currently leading the series by 2-1. If they win the final Test, they will qualify for the final of the ICC World Test Championship, where they will be facing Australia in London from June 7 onwards.
India had won the first Test at Nagpur by an inning and 132 runs. They followed it with a six-wicket win at Delhi in the second Test. Both Tests ended in a span of three days.
Australia prevented the possibility of facing a whitewash by winning the third Test at Indore by nine wickets within three days.
India's Test squad for the fourth Test against Australia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), K L Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav and Jaydev Unadkat. .
The Australian High Commissioner to India also informed that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will also participate in Holi festival celebrations. (ANI)
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