As the Indian cricket team prepares for the upcoming pink-ball Test in Adelaide starting December 6, fast bowlers Akash Deep and Yash Dayal have shared their experiences and observations about the challenges and nuances of bowling with the pink ball.

Out of national reckoning for more than two years, Bhuvneshwar Kumar's experience was in demand among the IPL franchises with RCB buying him for Rs 10.75 crore.

The likes of Yashaswi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana, Akash Deep and Prasidh Krishna are all on their maiden tours to Australia.

Gavaskar stated the necessity of warm-up games in Australia for India players to get used to the change in conditions, following an embarrassing 0-3 series whitewash against New Zealand.

Opening the bowling, India pacer Akash Deep clean bowled New Zealand captain Tom Latham in the very first over.

Sanjay Manjrekar defended skipper Rohit Sharma's decision to omit spinner Kuldeep Yadav from the playing eleven for the second Test against New Zealand in favour of an in-form seamer Akash Deep.

Indian cricket team decided to make three changes in the playing XI for the second Test encounter against New Zealand in Pune.

The Indian cricket team decided to drop KL Rahul as Shubman Gill made his return to the playing XI for the second Test encounter against New Zealand in Pune.

Former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary stated that Akash Deep should have been picked for the first Test between India and New Zealand.

India pace sensation Mayank Yadav should not be rushed into Test cricket as he very much remains a work in progress, reckons former left-arm fast bowler RP Singh.