The 13th edition of Indian Premier League is over, now the focus shifts to international cricket for Indian cricketers. After almost a 60-day stay in the UAE, the Indian cricket team players led by Virat Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri left for their nearly two-month-long Australia tour from Dubai on Wednesday night, wearing specially designed PPE kits.
India and Australia are set to play 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs and 4 Tests. All 30 cricketers of the ODI, T20I and Test squads are travelling together and they are set to observe a mandatory 14-day quarantine after landing in Australia before the three-match ODI series kickstarts from November 27 in Sydney.
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The three ODIs would be played on November 27, 29, and December 2 at Sydney Cricket Ground and at the Manuka Oval in Canberra respectively. The first T20I will also be played in Canberra on December 4 and the rest two on December 6 and 8 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The first Test set to be played under lights from December 17 to 21 at the Adelaide Oval.
Indian cricketers led by coach Ravi Shastri strike a pose before leaving for Australia (Photo: BCCI/Twitter)
India captain Virat Kohli click a picture with pacer Deepak Chahar (Photo: BCCI/Twitter)
KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal who were brilliant with the bat in the IPL click a picture with Hardik Pandya. (Photo: BCCI/Twitter)
Rishabh Pant, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav, Md Shami, Shubman Gill take a picture inside the airport (Photo: KKR Twitter)
Md Shami pose with his pace bowling partner Umesh Yadav before leaving for Australia (Photo: Umesh Yadav Twitter)
Team India stars Umesh Yadav and Hardik Pandya sports their customised PPE kits and masks (Photo: BCCI Twitter)
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