IND vs AUS Pink Ball Test Pitch Report & Weather Conditions

By Gurlal Singh

Cricket Player who is writing about cricket now.

Posted: December 4, 2024
Last updated: February 12, 2025

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The Adelaide Oval is set to host the second Test between Australia and India, a pink-ball match with high stakes and a forecast of rain. A capacity crowd is expected on Friday despite the prediction of up to 7mm of rain, as Australia seeks to bounce back from a heavy defeat in Perth.

This match marks India’s first pink-ball Test in Australia since their infamous collapse for 36 at the same venue in 2020.

IND vs AUS Pink Ball Test Weather Conditions

Head curator Damian Hough, known for transforming the Adelaide Oval pitch into a more balanced contest between bat and ball, is keeping a close eye on the weather. Friday’s forecast includes thunderstorms, potentially leading to covers being used and causing delays. Hough remains optimistic that the weather will clear for the remainder of the Test.

Pitch Report Adelaide Oval Stadium

The pitch has been prepared with 6mm of grass, mirroring the conditions of the recent Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Stadium. That game, also affected by rain, ended in a draw but saw fast bowlers from both sides troubling the batsmen with the new ball. Hough aims to replicate Shield conditions for Test matches, ensuring a similar level of challenge and entertainment.

“Friday looks like it could be thunderstorms, and I’m not sure exactly on the timing of those storms coming through, but we’re expecting to pull covers on Friday. Hopefully, it clears out on Saturday morning, then it should be good for the remainder of the Test.”

“The Shield pitch showed if you didn’t get a new ball under lights, and you had a couple of set batters in, you’re able to see through some night-time cricket.”

“On the morning of day three, no one would have expected that Test match to finish in three days,” he said.

IND vs AUS Pink Ball Test 2020

The match is remembered for India’s shocking collapse in their second innings, where they were bowled out for their lowest-ever Test score of 36. Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins were the chief destroyers for Australia, taking 9 wickets between them.

1st Innings:

India: 244 all out (Virat Kohli 74, Cheteshwar Pujara 43; Mitchell Starc 4/53, Pat Cummins 3/48)
Australia: 191 all out (Marnus Labuschagne 47, Tim Paine 73*; Ravichandran Ashwin 4/55, Umesh Yadav 3/40)

2nd Innings:

India: 36 all out (Mayank Agarwal 9; Josh Hazlewood 5/8, Pat Cummins 4/21)
Australia: 93/2 (Joe Burns 51*; Umesh Yadav 1/12)

Result: Australia won by 8 wickets.

Full Scorecard

India 1st Innings

Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Balls	4s
Prithvi Shaw	c Warner b Starc	0	2	0
Mayank Agarwal	lbw b Cummins	17	40	2
Cheteshwar Pujara	c Paine b Hazlewood	43	160	5
Virat Kohli (c)	run out (Starc)	74	180	8
Ajinkya Rahane	c Head b Starc	42	92	8
Hanuma Vihari	b Lyon	16	68	1
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Smith b Cummins	15	25	2
Wriddhiman Saha (wk)	c Paine b Hazlewood	9	20	1
Umesh Yadav	b Cummins	6	10	1
Mohammed Shami	not out	0	1	0
Jasprit Bumrah	b Hazlewood	2	7	0

Extras: (b 4, lb 7, nb 1) 12

Total: (all out; 93.1 overs) 244

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Shaw, 0.2 ov), 2-32 (Agarwal, 18.1 ov), 3-100 (Pujara, 49.4 ov), 4-188 (Kohli, 77.3 ov), 5-196 (Rahane, 80.4 ov), 6-206 (Vihari, 83.2 ov), 7-233 (Ashwin, 89.3 ov), 8-235 (Saha, 90.3 ov), 9-240 (Umesh, 92.2 ov), 10-244 (Bumrah, 93.1 ov)

Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Mitchell Starc	18	3	53	4	2.94
Josh Hazlewood	24.1	7	52	3	2.15
Pat Cummins	21	6	48	3	2.28
Nathan Lyon	27	7	65	0	2.40
Cameron Green	3	0	15	0	5.00

Australia 1st Innings

Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Matthew Wade	c Saha b Ashwin	8	51	1	0
Joe Burns	lbw b Bumrah	51	115	6	0
Marnus Labuschagne	c Kohli b Umesh	47	119	5	0
Steve Smith (c)	b Ashwin	1	29	0	0
Travis Head	c Agarwal b Ashwin	7	22	0	0
Cameron Green	lbw b Umesh	11	23	2	0
Tim Paine (wk)	not out	73	102	10	1
Pat Cummins	b Ashwin	0	5	0	0
Mitchell Starc	c Saha b Bumrah	1	14	0	0
Nathan Lyon	c Pujara b Umesh	3	10	0	0
Josh Hazlewood	not out	1	4	0	0

Extras: (b 4, lb 8, nb 4) 16

Total: (all out; 88.3 overs) 191

Fall of wickets: 1-70 (Wade, 17.1 ov), 2-109 (Burns, 35.5 ov), 3-125 (Smith, 43.2 ov), 4-145 (Head, 51.2 ov), 5-155 (Green, 55.5 ov), 6-161 (Cummins, 58.1 ov), 7-180 (Starc, 71.2 ov), 8-188 (Labuschagne, 77.6 ov), 9-189 (Lyon, 84.4 ov), 10-191 (Hazlewood, 88.3 ov)

Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Jasprit Bumrah	21	7	43	2	2.04
Umesh Yadav	16.3	2	40	3	2.43
Mohammed Shami	21	6	58	0	2.76
Ravichandran Ashwin	27	10	55	4	2.03
Ravindra Jadeja	3	0	15	0	5.00

India 2nd Innings

Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Balls	4s
Mayank Agarwal	lbw b Hazlewood	9	40	2
Prithvi Shaw	b Cummins	4	10	1
Cheteshwar Pujara	b Cummins	0	2	0
Virat Kohli (c)	lbw b Hazlewood	4	8	0
Ajinkya Rahane (c)	b Hazlewood	0	2	0
Hanuma Vihari	b Hazlewood	8	13	1
Ravichandran Ashwin	b Hazlewood	0	1	0
Wriddhiman Saha (wk)	c Wade b Cummins	4	9	1
Umesh Yadav	b Cummins	0	1	0
Jasprit Bumrah	not out	1	3	0
Mohammed Shami	retired hurt	1	1	0

Extras: (lb 4) 4

Total: (all out; 21.1 overs) 36

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Shaw, 3.1 ov), 2-15 (Pujara, 4.5 ov), 3-19 (Kohli, 8.1 ov), 4-19 (Rahane, 8.3 ov), 5-26 (Agarwal, 11.1 ov), 6-26 (Ashwin, 11.2 ov), 7-31 (Vihari, 17.1 ov), 8-32 (Saha, 18.2 ov), 9-36 (Umesh, 21.0 ov), 10-36 (Shami, 21.1 ov)

Bowling