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'Besharam Rang...": Memes Galore As Steve Smith Inspects Pitch Ahead Of First Test Against India

The first Test between India and Australia will take place at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium, Nagpur

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Besharam Rang...": Memes Galore As Steve Smith Inspects Pitch Ahead Of First Test Against India

Steve Smith inspects the pitch in Nagpur.© Twitter

Star Australian batters Steve Smith and David Warner took a look at the Nagpur pitch ahead of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India, which will start from February 9 onwards. The first Test between India and Australia will take place at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium, Nagpur. Both David and Smith have contrasting records in India. Smith has an exceptional record in India. In six matches and 12 innings, he has scored 660 runs at an average of 60.00. Three centuries and a fifty have come out of his bat, with the best score of 178*.

An early look at the Nagpur pitch #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/S3BIu7qti8

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 7, 2023

The photo, however, was the subject of several memes on social media. 

pic.twitter.com/lcE27vj5Kh

— Calm Blue Ocean (@ReadPete) February 7, 2023

Besharam rang kahaan dekha Australia waalo ne... https://t.co/cwqbXu5vji pic.twitter.com/7JoSjknsu2

— Rijula Chakraborty (@rillathegorilla) February 7, 2023

"Day 0 pitch" pic.twitter.com/QyXGk3vfJN

— Mike Marshall-Waters (@mikemw) February 7, 2023

Smith be like pic.twitter.com/gl6o0ZedyG

— manish (@3317idemoNOLE) February 7, 2023

On the other hand, Warner will be looking forward to making his record against India in subcontinent conditions better. In eight Tests and 16 innings, he has scored only 388 runs at an average of 24.25. Only three fifties have come out of his bat, with the best score of 71.

As per cricket.com.au, the pitch is dry and sports loose cracks just two days before the match, which will surely make both sides consider filing their playing eleven with plenty of spin bowling options.

Describing the pitch, Smith was quoted as saying to reporters, "Pretty dry, particularly one end."

"I think it will take a bit of spin, particularly the left-arm spinner taking it into our left-handers. There is a section there that is quite dry."

"Other than that, I can not really get a good gauge on it. I do not think there will be a heap of bounce in the wicket, I think it will be quite skiddy for the seamers and maybe a bit of up-and-down movement as the game goes on."

"The cracks felt quite loose. I am not entirely sure - we will wait and see," concluded Smith.

India can make good use of usual spin-friendly subcontinent conditions and their ammunition of world-class spinners like Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel to tame these two beasts throughout the series.

Australia's last tour of India was in 2017. India won that series 2-1.

India is the current holder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after winning the series in Australia in 2020-21.

The series will consist of four Test matches. The series is a big one for both teams as they look to nail down a spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) final.

Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

India squad: (for the first two Tests) Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.

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