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 3rd
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 26th 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.
Let's see whose wish Santa fulfills.☺️
ReplyDeleteYes, Looks like Team India`s wish is going to be fulfilled as on today i.e. at end of 3rd day.
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