Virat Kohli will be the soul of the Indian team’s batting order, whose run is very important.Image credit source: AFP
Neither did captain Rohit Sharma. Neither is star batsman Shubhman Gill. The first test match against Australia is about to begin in Perth. Who should be kept in the eleven now, who can adequately take the place of these two? This question has been on the minds of every Indian fan for the last 3-4 days. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy began with an important and challenging decision for the Indian team on who should be included in the batting order in the Perth Test. Different suggestions and solutions are being suggested for this and now it seems that the Indian team management has decided what the batting order will be like. Signs of this were visible from Team India’s first practice session at the Optus Stadium.
Team India, which has been training at the WACA Stadium in Perth since arriving in Australia, began training from Tuesday, November 19, at the Optus Stadium, where the first match of the series will be played from Friday. Team India’s first day practice was affected by rain, so the nets session had to be stopped midway, but whatever happened before that, it gave a lot of indications about which teams will play at the stadium. from Perth on the morning of November 22. show up to the match wearing the India jersey.
First hints of fielding, then batting practice
Before starting the batting and bowling practice in the nets outside the Optus Stadium, Team India performed different fielding drills on the field and what was seen during this time gave an indication about the playing eleven of the match, especially the batting. As per Cricbuzz report, when the slip cordon was made during fielding practice, Devdutt Padikkal was at first slip along with wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli was at second slip, KL Rahul was at third slip, while that Yashasvi Jaiswal was at the ravine position and Dhruv Jurel was once posted at Wide Gali and then at Silly Point.
This is enough to say that these players will not only get a place in the playing eleven, but the position on the field may also be similar. Even after this, if any indication was needed, it was found during batting in the nets, which began after the fielding session. According to the report, the batsmen were sent in pairs to different nets, in which KL Rahul was with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal in the first net. Padikkal was with Virat in the next net, which was enough to indicate that Padikkal will play at number three in place of Shubman Gill. Rishabh Pant and Jurel were in the next net i.e. at numbers 5 and 6.
Easwaran will have to wait longer
All of them took batting practice for a long time in front of the bowlers, while Sarfaraz Khan and Ravindra Jadeja practiced in the nets alongside them, but mostly faced pitching specialists. Apart from this, it is certain that Jadeja will play, but it seems certain that Sarfaraz will be left out. While Abhimanyu Easwaran, who was brought to Australia as a substitute opener, continued to watch everything from a distance, he says at least he is not making his debut in the Perth Test and Rahul will open with Jaiswal at the Optus Stadium. There are still more than 2 days left for the test. Can Team India make any changes during this time? Now the eyes will be focused solely on this.
