{"id":153448,"date":"2024-10-14T10:08:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T10:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/14\/rohit-vs-ruturaj-india-to-play-internal-game-instead-of-warm-up-ahead-of-bgt-2024-25\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T10:08:14","slug":"rohit-vs-ruturaj-india-to-play-internal-game-instead-of-warm-up-ahead-of-bgt-2024-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/14\/rohit-vs-ruturaj-india-to-play-internal-game-instead-of-warm-up-ahead-of-bgt-2024-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohit vs Ruturaj? India To Play &#8216;Internal Game&#8217; Instead Of Warm-Up Ahead Of BGT 2024-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/feeds.abplive.com\/onecms\/images\/uploaded-images\/2024\/10\/14\/359d4be8bde32172be98c31274e3d5971728898265073625_original.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&amp;imwidth=1200&amp;resize=755,425&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rohit vs Ruturaj? India To Play &#8216;Internal Game&#8217; Instead Of Warm-Up Ahead Of BGT 2024-25\" title=\"Rohit vs Ruturaj? India To Play &#8216;Internal Game&#8217; Instead Of Warm-Up Ahead Of BGT 2024-25\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-hstick-inner\">\n<p>Ahead of India&#8217;s five-match Test series against Australia, Rohit Sharma &amp; Co. are looking at an unconventional approach for preparation. It is being learnt that instead of a warm-up game, the Men in Blue will be playing an &#8216;internal&#8217; match. India will take on India A in a three-day game ahead of the first Test match in Perth, claims a report carried by Cricbuzz.<\/p>\n<p>While India will be led by Rohit Sharma, the India A side could be captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad. The rare matchup is reportedly scheduled from November 15 to 17 at the WACA in Perth and is likely to serve as a key preparation step before the series opener at the the Perth Stadium from November 22.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ HERE | <a title=\"Rahul Dravid Attends India's Training Session For First Time Since Leaving As Head Coach; Meets Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli\" href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/sports\/cricket\/rahul-dravid-attends-india-training-session-for-first-time-since-leaving-as-head-coach-meets-rohit-sharma-virat-kohli-video-bengaluru-india-vs-new-zealand-1724040\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Rahul Dravid Attends India&#8217;s Training Session For First Time Since Leaving As Head Coach; Meets Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s (an) internal (match), so up to India how they use the game. Maybe some of the Test players may play in the India A games but again up to the BCCI. Not many countries seem to play warm up games these days. Australia didn&#8217;t play any before the last series in India,&#8221; a Cricket Australia (CA) official said as quoted in a report carried by Cricbuzz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ba372a;\">India A To Be In Australia Well Ahead Of &#8216;Internal Game&#8217; Against India<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Notably, the India A side will be in Australia well ahead of this match. India A are set to play Australia A in a two-match Test series which will give yoing India players the chance to experience playing red-ball cricket in Australian conditions. These two tests will scheduled at the Great Barrier Reef Arena and the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ | <a title=\"Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Not In Their Prime: Sanjay Manjrekar Makes BOLD Claim Ahead Of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25\" href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/sports\/cricket\/virat-kohli-rohit-sharma-not-in-their-prime-ahead-of-border-gavaskar-trophy-2024-25-sanjay-manjrekar-makes-shocking-remark-1723874\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Not In Their Prime: Sanjay Manjrekar Makes BOLD Claim Ahead Of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As far as the senior Indian men&#8217;s team is concerned, they would be eyeing a hat-trick of series wins in Australia having emerged victorious in the last two Test series against Australia Down Under. India won both the previous two Test series 2-1 but this will be the first time in over 30 years that the teams will compete in a five-match series.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/sports\/cricket\/india-to-play-internal-game-ahead-of-india-tour-of-australia-border-gavaskar-trophy-2024-24-ind-vs-aus-india-tour-of-australia-1724114\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of India&#8217;s five-match Test series against Australia, Rohit Sharma &amp; Co. are looking at an unconventional approach for preparation. It is being learnt that instead of a warm-up game, the Men in Blue will be playing an &#8216;internal&#8217; match. India will take on India A in a three-day game ahead of the first Test [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/feeds.abplive.com\/onecms\/images\/uploaded-images\/2024\/10\/14\/359d4be8bde32172be98c31274e3d5971728898265073625_original.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[605],"tags":[203,91897,14969,107165,1749,273,58482,831,1557,342,345,9388,9311,7658],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153450,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153448\/revisions\/153450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}