Border-Gavaskar Trophy: The second match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is to be played in Adelaide. This match will be a day-night test, for which Team India is fully prepared. The good thing for India is that regular captain Rohit Sharma will also be seen playing in this match, he could not play the first match of the series due to personal reasons. With Rohit’s presence, the team looks quite balanced and strong. This will be the first time Rohit will play a pink ball test outside India.
He has played all three pink ball tests in India. Rohit has scored only one fifty in the pink ball test so far and has scored 173 runs at an average of 39. India has to play its next match in Adelaide and Rohit does not have much experience of playing here. He has played two matches here, in which he has scored only 87 runs at an average of 21.75. So this time he has a chance to improve his record.
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Rohit Would Like To Strengthen The Team’s Batting
Rohit will not only want to strengthen the team’s batting in Adelaide but will also want to prove his usefulness as a captain. In his place, fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah took over the captaincy in Perth and led his team to a historic victory at Perth’s Optus Stadium. Rohit’s return to the playing eleven means that the team will have to replace the opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul, who played an important role in the victory in Perth.
Rohit-Yashasvi Will Open The Innings In Adelaide
This pair did not give any chance to the Australian fast-bowling trio of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood in Perth and added 201 runs in the second innings. The Kangaroo team looked tired and helpless in front of these two batsmen. It was the partnership of Yashasvi-Rahul in the match that broke the spirit of an experienced bowling line-up like Australia. It is expected that Rohit and Yashasvi will open the innings in Adelaide, while Rahul will play at number three.
