Published - | Updated - February 14, 2023 08:51 am
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India completely dominated the opening Test against Australia in just three days, dominating from the get-go. The Indian spin team of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin completely perplexed Australian batsmen. Jadeja amassed his five wicket haul in the first innings, and Ashwin finished things off with his four in the second.
Rohit Sharma’s brilliant 120-run innings in the first Test helped him become the game’s first and only centurion, despite the challenging playing conditions. Jadeja and Axar Patel both scored vital half century to give India a comfortable advantage.
A significant portion of the host nation’s first innings score was provided by India’s lower order. India was dismissed for 400 runs.The batters batting No. 7 or lower produced nearly half of the total runs. This statistic demonstrates how much more the lower-order Indian batters have given to their team than the lower-order Australian batters did.
Andrew McDonald: Lower-order hitting is also likely to be a differentiator in this series.
The head coach of Australia, Andrew McDonald, discussed India’s middle order batting with SEN Radio. With (Ravindra) Jadeja, (Axar) Patel, and (Ravichandran) Ashwin, India’s lower-order batting is also going to be a differentiator in this series, according to McDonald. This will be a challenge for us.
He further clarified the contribution made by the Australian lower order.less. The 41-year-old continued, They’ll undoubtedly have more runs available to their lower order than ours, so we’ve got to try to figure out how to break even in that sense.
The second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is scheduled to take place in New Delhi on February 17. There is much discussion on Australia’s starting lineup for this match, and there are rumours that the team management may be considering handing.
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