Yuzvendra Chahal reunites with Kuldeep Yadav as the spin duo return to national duty

Team India's young spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yav reunited as squ h ir first training session in Sydney on Saturday ahe of limited-overs series against Australia. spin duo - fondly kwn as 'Kulcha' - will come into play after more than a year and are coming off IPL, where y played against each or. Kuldeep Yav plays for Kolkata whereas Yuzvendra Chahal represents Bangalore. 

Taking to Twitter, Chahal tweeted a picture of himself with his partner spinner and wrote, 'back on national duty for Team India'. 

Chahal and Yav will be seen in action in ODI series which begins on vember 27. Yav has been picked only for ODI series whereas Chahal has been included in T20 squ as well. 

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India tour of Australia 

India will kick off ir tour to Australia with a three-match ODI series starting on Friday, 27 vember, followed by as many T20Is and four Tests. T20Is will be played in Canberra (4 December) and Sydney (6, 8 December). 

first Test will be a day/night affair, from 17-21 December at elaide Oval. Melbourne Cricket Ground (26-30 December) will host Boxing Day Test, before action moves to Sydney Cricket Ground (7-11 January) and Gabba (15-19 January). With India currently on top of World Test Championship table and Australia in second, series is expected to be a thriller, as it will also be a part of ICC World Test Championship. 

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Crowd to be allowed for Test series 

Confirming presence of fans for Test series during India's tour, Cricket Australia on Tuesday anunced that 50 per cent of stium's capacity will be open to crowd for elaide Test, set to be played from December 17 onwards. Test at elaide Oval, which will also be first day-night Test between India and Australia, will feature nearly 27,000 spectators amid COVID-19 crisis. Tests series is also expected to be first series to witness live crowd after COVID outbreak, due to which all matches are being played behind closed doors. 

Meanwhile, most significant Test of year - Boxing Day test - will open stands to only 25 per cent of its total capacity, as sanctioned by Victorian government. On or hand, fourth Test at Brisbane might witness up to 30,000 people with 75 per cent of total capacity being open for crowd.

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