Australia went 2-1 up within the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 after beating India within the Boxing Day Check on the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG) by an enormous margin of 184 runs. This complete win was pushed by excellent bowling ploys, and a few poor batting shows by the visiting group, particularly by senior members Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma.
The Aussies’ win on the MCG has ruined India’s possibilities of profitable one other Check Sequence down underneath and has additionally made their possibilities of reaching the WTC Finals more durable.
There was little to point out from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Nitish Kumar Reddy, nonetheless, Rohit and Virat failing to steer the trail for the Indian facet with the bat has been a significant space of concern all through the sequence. Whereas Kohli did rating a century within the Perth Check, which Rohit missed, the skipper returned to play the remainder of the sequence, however contributed nearly as good as nothing with the bat.
The 37-year-old has managed a meagre 31 runs within the sequence to date, averaging an abysmal 6.20. This efficiency has put the Indian captain within the listing of an undesirable document. The skipper now has the bottom common for a visiting captain in Australia, beforehand held by West Indies’ Courtney Walsh, who scored at 7.75 throughout their tour of 1996-97.
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Rohit’s poor 2024 run
There isn’t a doubt that Rohit has been among the best batters within the trendy period, however his performances in red-ball cricket, he has not lived as much as the requirements he has set for himself. Within the final 15 innings, he has scored solely 164 runs at a median of 10.93.
Talking of his total efficiency in Exams within the calendar yr, the Nagpur-born has managed to amass 619 runs at 24.76. That is additionally the non-public lowest common for Rohit in a single calendar yr, which beforehand got here through the 2015 season, the place the batter averaged 25.07 throughout seven matches that yr.
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