Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid
IND vs AUS Holkar Stadium Indore : Team India has lost the India vs Australia third match played at Holkar Stadium, Indore. By the way, victory and defeat are a part of the game, but when the host team loses by nine wickets in two and a half days, then it hurts a lot. Team India had made a lead in the series by winning the first two matches and there was every possibility that by winning the third match, not only the series would be captured, but the Indian team would also have a chance to become number one in the ICC Test rankings, but this also goes now. Stayed. However, the way to go to the final of the ICC World Test Championship is still open. If the Indian team wins the fourth Test match to be held in Ahmedabad, then it will reach the final. In the meantime, let’s talk about Indore only, because the sorrow of the Indore Test defeat will not go away so soon. Today i.e. on March 3, 2023, that work was done at the Holkar Stadium in Indore, which had never happened till now.
Rohit Sharma
Team India got defeated in test match for the first time in Indore
The first Test match was played in the year 2016 at Holkar Stadium, Indore. Then there was a match between India and New Zealand in October. Team India had won this match brilliantly. Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian team won the match by 321 runs. After this again Team India landed on this ground for Test and this time the match was against Bangladesh in the year 2019. At that time also the command of Team India was with Virat Kohli, Team India won the match by an innings and 130 runs. After this, it was believed that the Holkar Stadium of Indore has become an invincible stronghold for Team India. It will be difficult for any team to beat India here. The special thing is that when this series was announced, Dharamshala got the third match. But later it came to know that the Dharamshala ground is not yet ready for the match, so it was shifted from Dharamshala to Indore. When the match had not started, then it was believed that according to the old statistics, the Indian team is going to win this match. But when something happened on the very first day, which was not thought about, then all the apprehensions started to surround.
Rohit Sharma
From the very first ball in Indore, Team India was seen on the backfoot.
In fact, Team India lost the Indore Test on the very first ball on the first day. Mitchell Starc did not get a chance due to lack of fitness in the first two Tests, but he returned in the third Test and made a great comeback. When captain Rohit Sharma decided to bat after winning the toss, it seemed that runs would now be scored, because even before this runs have been scored in the first innings in Indore and the average score of the first innings is 350. But Rohit Sharma survived getting out on the very first ball of Mitchell Starc. Although he was out, but the umpire refused. The first ball took the edge of Rohit Sharma’s bat and went into the gloves of wicket-keeper Alex Carey. There was an appeal, but the umpire turned it down. But when the replays were seen, it was found that there was contact between the ball and the bat. After this, Rohit Sharma was out LBW again on the fourth ball, but he survived due to not taking DRS. Here too, if Australian captain Steve Smith had taken DRS, Rohit would have had to return to the pavilion. After surviving two dismissals in the very first over, Rohit Sharma decided to go on the offensive, but he was out soon. After this the whole team was dismissed for 109 runs. Meanwhile, this is Team India’s first defeat in Tests in Indore, it has to be seen how the Indian team performs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.