Virat Kohli
Now only 1 week is left for the start of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 but Virat Kohli’s poor form is showing no signs of ending. All the players of Team India, except captain Rohit Sharma, have reached Australia for the 5-match Test series. The first match of the Test series is to be played in Perth from 22 November. Before this match, Team India did center wicket practice in which Virat Kohli could not do anything special with the bat. Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring only 15 runs. Indian fast bowler Mukesh Kumar made Kohli his victim.
During center wicket practice, Virat Kohli scored 15 runs, including a brilliant cover drive off Mukesh Kumar, but after a few balls he was caught at second slip while trying to nudge the ball outside the off stump. In this way, Kohli’s flop show continues even after reaching Australia. Kohli had also performed very poorly in the last 2 series played in India. Kohli could not even score 100 runs in the 2-match Test series against Bangladesh. At the same time, Kohli’s performance in the 3-match series against New Zealand was even worse. Kohli could score only 93 runs in 6 innings. In such a situation, there will be pressure on Kohli to prove himself in Australia.
Jaiswal also disappointed
Let us tell you, before the first Test match of Australia, Team India was to play an intra squad match against India A under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad but it was cancelled. After this the Indian team decided to practice on the center wicket in Perth. During this practice, not only Kohli but also opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal disappointed. Jaiswal also got out after scoring 15 runs. Jaiswal’s recent performance has also not been anything special. In such a situation, there will be a lot of pressure on him to perform better on his first tour of Australia.
Indian team for Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
reserve: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khalil Ahmed.
Australia team for the first test against India: Pat Cumming (captain), Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon.
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