The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Monday, announced that the third test match of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia has been moved to Indore from Dharamsala due to unfit playing conditions.

In a statement issued today, the BCCI said that the third Test of the Mastercard Australia tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, originally scheduled to take place at the HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala from 1st to 5th March has now been moved to Holkar Stadium, Indore.

The BCCI cited harsh winter conditions in the region, adding the outfield at the Dharamsala stadium lacks sufficient grass density and will need some time to fully develop.

On Sunday, a report quoting a top official of the BCCI confirmed that the Dharamsala will no longer host the India Vs Australia clash.

The official, as per the report, said that the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA), had re-laid the entire outfield and the pitch itself, adding that although the pitch itself wasn’t a concern as it has been tested sufficiently, however, uncompleted ‘small patch near the square’ was a cause of apprehension.

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Team India decimated the highly decorated Australian side in first test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy at Nagpur last week, registering a dominating victory by an innings and 132 days within 3 days.

Put into bat, the Aussie batters had no clue to the spin duo of a returning Ravindra Jadeja and veteran R Ashwin, with former taking a fifer in the first innings on his return to test cricket.

Ashwin added yet another five-wicket haul to his test wicket tally and moved ahead of Nathan Lyon and Harbhajan Singh in terms of taking the most wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. For the unversed, Harbhajan and Lyon have 95 wickets each, while Ashwin has 96 wickets.

Australia scored 177 runs in the first innings in Nagpur. In response, India scored 400 runs and took a lead of 223 runs. Australian team was reduced to just 91 runs in the second innings and lost the match by an innings and 132 runs.

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