Courtesy: X
On Thursday, the Indian cricket team met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. This meeting comes before the three-day practice match for the visitors against the Prime Minister's XI in the Australian capital on 30 November, ahead of the second India versus Australia Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 series, which begins in Adelaide on December 6.
A video released on X (previously Twitter) shows Indian captain Rohit Sharma presenting his teammates to the Australian Prime Minister. During the introductions, Albanese briefly interacts with Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli. He congratulated Kohli, mentioning, 'Good time in Perth. Bloody hell, as if we weren't suffering enough at that point, that was just....On this, Virat replied,' We've always got to add our spice to it.''
Watch the video of Australian PM meeting with Indian players here:
PM Albanese's official Instagram handle also released photos of the meeting along with a greeting to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The post read, 'Big challenge ahead for the PMs 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.'
Great start for team India in Perth against Australia
India defeated Australia by 295 runs in the opening Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Perth, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-Test series. India, led by Jasprit Bumrah in the absence of usual skipper Rohit, bowled Australia for 238 in the closing session of day four, chasing a goal of 534. India's triumph over incumbent champions Australia was one of the biggest home-away victory margins in terms of runs, surpassing India's previous 222-run win in Melbourne in 1977.
Virat Kohli started the five-match Test series against Australia well by scoring a century in the second innings. This century is now embraced by millions of fans in Australia and the local media.
