Team India
India vs Australia Test Series: The Indian team had to face a crushing defeat by 9 wickets in the third Test against Australia. The Australian team came back strongly and showed a bang. With the victory in the Indore Test, Australia qualified for the final of the World Test Championship. At the same time, Team India will have to win the fourth Test in Ahmedabad to reach the final of the WTC. In the third Test against Australia, the strength of Team India became its biggest weakness.
top order flop
The Indian team has given the world more than one great batsman. Batsmen have been instrumental in Team India’s dominance at home in Tests over the past decade. Indian top order has given victory to Team India by scoring runs in difficult conditions. The Indian top order is considered to be the biggest strength of Team India, but the top order of Team India has flopped badly against Australia. These include Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara.
No runs came from Kohli’s bat
Indian team’s superstar batsman Virat Kohli is a contender for victory whenever he plays a big innings, but he has not been able to perform according to his name in the Test series against Australia. He has played innings of 12, 44, 20, 22 and 13 against the Australian team so far. He is not able to convert the good starts into big innings.
KL Rahul’s bat is silent
KL Rahul flopped badly in the first two matches of the series against Australia. He longs to stay away from scoring runs. After this, he was also stripped of the vice-captaincy from the remaining two matches of the series. He has played innings of 20, 17 and 1 against Australia. After this he was dropped from the third test. Shubman Gill, who was included in the playing XI in his place, also failed to play a big innings. He scored 21 and 5 runs only. At the same time, Rohit Sharma, who scored a century in the first match against Australia, has also been seen in rhythm after this. The early dismissal of these batsmen increases the pressure on the later players.
The fourth Test of the series between India and Australia will be played from March 9 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. If the top order of Team India flops in this match, then the Indian team will be on the verge of losing the match. Then his way to reach the final of the World Test Championship will be difficult.