The Border-Gavaskar Trophy kick-started on a dominating note for Indian Cricket Team. It’s fair to say that the Nagpur game was the highlight of how they have performed at home over the last one decade. India thumped Australia by a massive margin of an inning and 132 and ended the game in just 3 days. A similar story continued in the Delhi Test as they rattled the opposition and won the game by 6 wickets to take a lead of 2-0 in the series.
One change India should do for the next Test despite winning the first game
Indian team outclassed Australia in all three departments as they batted and bowled staggering well and made the opposition look clueless in Delhi Test. It was the brilliance of Indian spinners that was complimented well by batters as they retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. They ticked almost every right box. But there is still room for improvement for them. The hosts would want to rectify the mistakes they did in the second game and would want to seal the series in the third game. Let’s take a look at one change India should do for the next Test despite winning the second game.
Shubman Gill in place of KL RahulÂ
KL Rahul has come under a lot of scrutiny for his torrid run in Test cricket. A lot of eyebrows were raised when he started the series. But it was expected that he would give a befitting reply to all the critics. But it didn’t happen as he failed in the second game. Rahul got the backing of the team management in the second game as well but the same story continued for him as he yet again failed and managed just 18 runs across two innings. With him having a poor average of just 33 in over 45 games, his place in the side is under scanner too. We might see a change in the second game itself as inform Gill might replace Rahul at the top and might open innings alongside skipper Rohit Sharma. Gill on the other hand scored a century in the last game he played and is in red-hot form.
As per me ,he is currently not amongst the current 10 best opener’s in India but is being given endless chances. Guys like Kuldeep Yadav put in man of the match performances and next game are dropped with theories like Horses for courses. In any course ,KL is not a horse. Sad
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India inches one step close to WTC Final with second Test win in DelhiÂ
Indian Cricket Team is leaving no stone unturned to make their case strong to play the final of the World Test Championship. Their thumping innings and 132 runs win in the first Test and 6 wickets win in Delhi Test against Australia have put them really close to the final of the Test Championship.
It’s fair to say that with the win in the second Test against Australia, they have put one step into the final of the Test Championship. All they need to do is that they need to win at least one of the remaining two games against Australia.
They are placed second on the points table of WTC 2023 with 10 wins from 16 games and have 123 points to their name with a win percentage of 64.06%. Their qualification is now very much in their hands as they need just one win to play the final.
