Can Jinks Break the Batting Jinx? - Boxing Day 26.12.2020 - Second Test Match

 

Can Jinks Break the Batting Jinx?

Question on every Indian cricket lover`s lips is - Can `Jinks` - Ajinkya Rahane - now Team India captain break the jinx of Indian batting after the infamous 36 debacle at Adelaide last week ? What happened in the pink ball test especially on 3^rd day afternoon was certainly not rosy at all for the Virat Kohli and boys.

Now that Virat has well and truly back home on recent trend of parental leave (yesteryear cricketers were irresponsible parents or what?), can Ajinkya and more importantly batsmen around him, lift themselves up psychologically to face the fearsome Aussie trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc?

With Virat unavailable and Rohit Sharma still in mandatory isolation, in-form KL Rahul looks to be certainty for the second test. For the historic Boxing Day Melbourne Test Match, Saturday 26^th December onwards. With team selection news, circling as now fit Ravindra Jadeja instead of test specialist Hanuma Vihari. Shubman Gill in place of Prithvi Shaw. Also Rishabh Pant is likely to replace Wriddhiman Saha, whose batting is not so effective on foreign soil - where as Pant scored century on last tour. Young Mohammed (Siraj) most likely to get chance in the place of senior Mohammed (Shami). Injured Shami in dyeing moments of the last test match is real blow to India. As Ishant Sharma has already missed the tour, courtesy IPL. But the onus is on top order batsmen opener Mayank Agarwal, ever dependable - rock solid Cheteshwar Pujara, experienced stand in Captain Ajinkya Rahane.

Hope India shows far too improved josh in batting, verses Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and not to ignore Nathan Lyon. Hopefully it would be worth getting up early for Indian fans to catch the live action.