Due to recent death of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, 25, after fatal head injury in a domestic cricket. First Test match between Australia and India, has been postponed was informed by Cricket Australia ,CA on Saturday.
CA said players will attend the funeral of Hughes on December 3.
“These are extraordinary circumstances and we simply couldn’t or wouldn’t expect our players to be emotionally ready to start a Test match the day after farewelling one of their teammates,” CA chief executive James Sutherland said.
