The five-match Test series between India and Australia is going to start from November 22. After the 0-3 defeat against New Zealand at home, the selectors sent KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel on the Australia tour, surrounded by criticism.
KL Rahul flopped with the bat in the second unofficial Test match being played against Australia-A. KL Rahul came out with Abhimanyu Easwaran for the opening, but both of them failed to score runs. Facing four balls in the first innings, KL Rahul could score only 4 runs, while Abhimanyu was out for a duck on 3 balls. Seeing their performance, the concern of the Indian team has increased before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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Early Collapse for India-A
India-A had a bad start after losing the toss and batting first in the unofficial Test of India-A vs Australia-A being played in Melbourne. The team lost its five wickets at a score of 64 runs. India-A lost two wickets at a score of zero.
Openers Abhimanyu and Sai Sudarshan could not even open their account. Michael Nisar took wickets on the third and fourth balls of the first over. KL Rahul and captain Rituraj Gaikwad also could not perform well. Both scored 4-4 runs off the bat. KL Rahul was caught by Boland and Gaikwad by Nasir.
Rahul-Abhimanyu increased India’s tension before BGT
It is difficult for Indian captain Rohit Sharma to play in the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024. According to reports, he will miss the first Test match and perhaps the second Test match as well due to personal reasons and during this time the Indian team is looking for an opener who will play the role of captain in his absence.
KL Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran are options as replacements for Rohit, who can open with Yashasvi Jaiswal in Rohit’s absence, but Easwaran has also been disappointed with the bat so far against Australia-A.
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Dhruv Jurel’s Rescuing Knock
In the first unofficial Test match, he scored only 19 runs with his bat. At the same time, he got a chance at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), but he was out on zero off 3 balls. At the same time, KL Rahul was out after scoring 4 runs. In such a situation, the performance of both the players has increased the headache of the selectors.
When the wickets of the India-A team were falling continuously, wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel took the responsibility of handling the team’s innings. He played an innings of 80 runs on 186 balls, which included 6 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from him, Devdutt Padikkal scored 26 runs.
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