Sydney, Nov 29: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met the Indian cricket team ahead of their upcoming two-day warm-up match against Prime Ministers XI, which will be starting on November 30.The Australian PM took to Instagram, sharing pictures of him interacting with the Men in Blue, including star players captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. He clicked a selfie with Indian stars, including Rohit, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, etc.
Albanese also met with the Prime Ministers XI team, which is led by skipper Jack Edwards.
In his Instagram post, Albanese acknowledged that while the Indian team is “amazing”, he still backs the Aussies to outdo them in the warm-up match.
“Big challenge ahead for the PM’s XI at Manuka Oval this week against an amazing Indian side. But as I said to PM @narendramodi, I’m backing the Aussies to get the job done,” said Albanese in his post
India staged a stunning comeback from a series whitewash against New Zealand at home, defeating Australia by 295 runs in the Perth Test despite being bowled out for a mere 150 runs in their first innings. The second Test, a pink-ball, day-night affair, will take place at Adelaide Oval.
According to a report from ESPNcricinfo, Rohit Sharma will be available for the two-day warm-up game against the Prime Ministers XI from November 30 in Canberra, ahead of the day-night Test in Adelaide.