The skilled trio of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Rishabh Pant acquired out whereas enjoying some unfastened photographs within the second innings of the Boxing Day Take a look at on the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG). This irked former India head coach Ravi Shastri because the Asian giants misplaced the Take a look at match by 184 runs.
Rohit tried to play a flick off Pat Cummins however the ball went off the forefront to Mitchell Marsh, who confirmed sharp reflexes to take a superb catch at gully. In the meantime, Kohli’s struggles with deliveries exterior the off-stump continued as he tried to play a unfastened drive away from his physique and was caught by Usman Khawaja at first slip. Rishabh Pant acquired out at an important second within the match when he tried to hit a protracted hop from part-timer Travis Head for a most.
“There will likely be a number of of different second-innings dismissals that will likely be scrutinized in India as effectively, involving two senior gamers and a teen. Three very unfastened photographs. It doesn’t assist when certainly one of it concerned the captain who’s struggling. Additionally doesn’t assist when Cummins raises his recreation to a scale of 8 or 9 when up towards his counterpart, who’s on the reverse finish of the size,” Shastri stated through Indian Categorical.
Rohit has solely scored 31 runs from 5 innings to date on the tour of Australia. In the meantime, Kohli and Pant have fared higher. The previous India skipper has aggregated 167 runs from seven innings at a median of 27.83. However, Pant has made 154 runs in seven innings at a median of twenty-two.
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Rohit’s reverse quantity, Cummins, picked up six wickets and scored 90 runs within the fourth Take a look at in Melbourne and received the Participant of the Match award. After dropping the primary Take a look at in Perth, the hosts have bounced again strongly to take a 2-1 lead within the five-match collection. The ultimate Take a look at will happen on the Sydney Cricket Floor (SCG), beginning on Friday, January 3.
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