India face a alarming as they target to bounce back from their series defeat against New Zealand and challenge Australia in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. With a 4-0 victory being a near-impossible achievement, the focus shifts to Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to deliver impactful performances. In the absence of Md. Shami, India picked a largely inexperienced pace attack to back up Siraj and Bumrah. India have to win 4 Tests in Australia to directly qualify for the WTC final that is scheduled to be held at June 2025 in Lord.
As India prepare for the much expected Border-Gavaskar Trophy- since 1992 it is first time a five-Test series- the official broadcaster shared a clip of an upcoming show where former batting legend Sunil Gavaskar and former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar discuss about India’s probabilities against Australia.
The first test will start from 22 November 2024 in Perth. Sunil Gavaskar says, “No team, including the champion West Indies of the past has beaten Australia 4-0 to the best of my recollection. They have got a very good captain Rohit Sharma who is always been somebody who’s always been somebody who is been able to lift the team up. Rishabh Pant has got the great ability to soak up the pressure. He just wants to go out there and enjoy himself, play to the best of his ability. Forget what happened against New Zealand, they have just got to believe that they can turn the tables on Australia like they have done on the last couple of tours to Australia.”
Virat Kohli has averaged merely 22.72 in six matches in 2024, which is the lowest in his International career. His last Test century came in July 2023 which was against the West Indies.
Rohit Sharma scored 91 runs, and Virat Kohli 93 runs in the India’s shameful 0-3 Test series loss to New Zealand at the home ground.
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