The start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is now just 1 week away but Virat Kohli’s poor form shows no signs of ending. Apart from captain Rohit Sharma, all the players of Team India have reached Australia for the 5-match Test series. The first match of the Test series will be played in Perth from November 22. Before this match, Team India practiced center wicket in which Virat Kohli could not do anything special with the bat. Kohli returned to the pavilion scoring only 15 runs. Indian fast bowler Mukesh Kumar made Kohli his victim.
During centre-wicket practice, Virat Kohli scored 15 runs, including a brilliant cover drive off Mukesh Kumar, but a few balls later he was caught at second slip while trying to nudge the ball outside the off-stump. In this way, even after reaching Australia, Kohli’s flop show continues. Kohli 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 was worse in the 3-match series against New Zealand. 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 that before Australia’s first Test match, Team India under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad was supposed to play an intra squad match against India A 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 the opening batsman Yashaswi Jaiswal disappointed. Jaiswal was also dismissed for 15 runs. Jaiswal’s recent performances have also been nothing special. In such a situation, he will be under pressure to perform better in the first tour of Australia.
Indian Team for Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashshwi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Iswaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurrell (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Ashwin. Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Irish Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sunder.
Reserve: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khalil Ahmed.
Australia’s squad for the first Test against India: Pat Coming (capt), 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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