Captained by Rohit Sharma, the Indian team has to play a five-match Test series against Australia at the Border-Gavaskar starting from November 22. Traveling to Australia for Test matches is not an easy task for any team, but India have won the Test matches by beating them at home in the last two games. However, things are different this time as India recently suffered a one-sided sweep in the home Test series against New Zealand. In this situation, questions have been raised about the status of all the players but despite this, the Indian team is expected to perform better in the Border-Gavaskar Test series. Meanwhile, in an effort to put pressure on the Indian team, the media also came to the stadium along with former players, and English newspapers published articles in Hindi.
Virat Kohli praised by Australian newspapers
There is no doubt that Australian fans are also eagerly waiting to see Virat Kohli in action. Even though he is participating in the tour this time not as a captain but as a player, the media there are trying to portray Kohli as the captain of the Indian team. An English newspaper, The Advertiser, captioned Kohli’s photo in Hindi as “The Battle of the Times.” On the same page is a photo of Australian Test captain Pat Cummins standing with his arms crossed. From this, it is clear that the Australian media is clearly ignoring Indian captain Rohit Sharma, thus creating a different kind of pressure on the Indian team before the start of this series.
Yashasvi Jaiswal hailed as new king
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s bat has been seen doing the talking in almost every series since entering Test cricket in 2023, and despite this, he is yet to fully prove himself. For Jaiswal, this tour of Australia is seen as the biggest challenge of his Test career. Jaiswal is currently in much better form with the bat. For this, he was also praised by the Australian media. The Punjabi version of “The Advertiser” described Jaiswal as the ninth Raja, the new king. Let us tell you that Shubman Gill, who is famous as the new prince of the Indian team, is visiting Australia for the second time in his career. In the last tour, when India registered a historic win at the Gabba, Gill’s batting played a very important role in the opening innings.
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