India-Australia first Test won't start on Thursday

Updated On: 30 November, 2014 05:33 AM IST | | PTI

Opening game of Border-Gavaskar Trophy postponed to unspecified date. If next week's Brisbane Test is cancelled, the series will kick off at the Adelaide Oval, the scheduled venue of the second Test

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India captain Virat Kohli leaves a bat and cap at a memorial for Phillip Hughes outside the Adelaide Oval on Saturday

Adelaide: With the cricket world still mourning the death of Phillip Hughes, the first Test between India and Australia next week was on Saturday put off to an unspecified date and might even be cancelled to pay homage to the batsman.

India captain Virat Kohli leaves a bat and cap at a memorial for Phillip Hughes outside the Adelaide Oval on Saturday. Pic/Getty Images

In a statement issued on Saturday, Cricket Australia announced that the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be played in Brisbane from December 4 has been postponed.