Australia vs India: Pink Test at Sydney and its significance

The series opener in Adelaide was a pink ball Test, but once again Australia and India will square off in a pink set-up during the Sydney Test. Every year the New Year Test in Sydney sees the entire ground adorned in Pink – right from the stands to the crowd.

The first time Sydney hosted a Pink Test in 2009 when Australia took on South Africa. Since then, the tradition has continued and once again this year both teams will come together for a cause.

Read on to find out the reason and significance behind Sydney turning Pink for the first Test match of the year.

Sydney becomes a sea of pink annual in support of a noble cause in honour of former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath's late wife Jane McGrath. The money raised then goes to the and the money raised during the Test will go to the McGrath Foundation.

The McGrath Foundation is a breast cancer support and education charity in Australia. The foundation raises to place McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities across the country and also works towards increasing the awareness about the disease.

The foundation was founded by the Australian pacer and his wife Jane in 2005 after Jane’s recovery from the breast cancer. However, three years later Jane passed away and a year later Pink Test’s tradition was started.

Third day of the Test is called the Jane McGrath day and the money raised goes to directly to the foundation. Fans turn up in pink and even the stumps used are pink in colour. In certain cases, even some of the players user pink on their gears to support the cause.