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Rain and a wet outfield has delayed the two-day Prime Minister's XI match against India, preventing the tourists from gaining some vital pink-ball practice.

India's limited preparation for the day-night Test in Adelaide has been severely curtailed with wet weather likely to delay the start of play at Manuka Oval for some time.

The visitors were hoping to use the pink-ball game for captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill to get match practice before the second Test.

Rohit missed India's 295-run first Test victory in Perth because of the birth of his first child while Gill was ruled out with a broken thumb suffered during catching practice earlier in the tour.

India have played only four pink-ball Tests, the last in March 2022.

Scott Boland will remain with the PM's XI despite being the likely replacement for an injured Josh Hazlewood in the second Test.

Prime Minister's XI squad: Jack Edwards (c), Charlie Anderson, Mahli Beardman, Scott Boland, Jack Clayton, Aidan O'Connor, Ollie Davies, Jayden Goodwin, Sam Harper, Hanno Jacobs, Sam Konstas, Lloyd Pope, Matthew Renshaw, Jem Ryan.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.