Two giants of Test cricket collide in the second match of their five-game series as Australia welcome India to the Adelaide Oval for a day/night contest.
The pink-ball match will be the latest instalment in the Test series, otherwise known as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and India have already established a 1-0 lead.
The tourists won by 295 runs in the first Test in Perth and will be after a similarly commanding performance when the teams reconvene in the early hours of Friday morning (04:00am, GMT).
- INDIA - MATCH WINNER
- JASPRIT BUMRAH - TOP INDIA WICKET-TAKER
India Can Build On Opening Win
There was nowhere to hide for Australia in their first Test thrashing by India in Perth.
In a scintillating second innings with the bat, India reached 487-6 before declaring with Yashasvi Jaiswal (161) and Virat Kohli (100 not out) impressing in the second innings before the tourists' attack made light work of Australia's batters with the ball.
The hosts could only conjure up 238 all out after they were bowled out for a paltry 104 runs in the first innings.
Nathan McSweeney struggled to establish himself in the opening role for Australia, while Marnus Labuschagne's underwhelming run of Test form continued with scores of two and three in his two innings.
The pace of Jasprit Bumrah bamboozled the home team and it is hard to envisage a drastic turnaround in the second Test match in Adelaide.
The introduction of the pink ball will only aid India's premier pace attack and the visitors can also gain confidence from the fact that they have only lost two of their last 11 Test matches in Australia.
INDIA TO WIN
Australia Not Helped By Bowler Absence
Paceman Bumrah stood in as India captain in the first Test but Rohit Sharma will return along with Shubman Gill for the second match of the series.
That renders India an even more frightening prospect in Adelaide, whereas Australia will be lacking in attack with key bowler Josh Hazlewood set to miss out with a side strain.
Scott Boland is likely to take Hazlewood's place in the team but has been out of the Test side for 18 months and that downgrade in attack will not do Australia's chances any good.
Bumrah can make his mark in Adelaide
Despite taking charge, the added responsibility of being captain did not seem to faze Bumrah in the first Test and he was the star of the show with the ball.
India's opening bowler finished with figures of 5-30 and 3-42 in Perth last time out and could be even more lethal with the pink ball in Adelaide.
Before this series, Bumrah had claimed 14 wickets in his last four Test matches and could again be India's leading wicket-taker in the second Test of the series.
JASPRIT BUMRAH - TOP INDIA WICKET-TAKER
