There is now just 1 week left before the start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, but Virat Kohli’s poor form shows no signs of ending. Except captain Rohit Sharma, all players of the Indian team have arrived in Australia for the five-match Test series. The first match of the Test series will be played in Perth on November 22. Before this match, India had a mid-wicket practice in which Virat Kohli could not do anything special with the bat. Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring just 15 runs. Indian fast bowler Mukesh Kumar made Kohli his victim.
Virat Kohli scored 15 runs in mid-wicket practice, including a brilliant cover drive from Mukesh Kumar, but after bowling a few balls, he Caught at second slip while trying to push the ball outside off-stump. And just like that, Kohli’s underwhelming performances continued even after arriving in Australia. Kohli’s performance in the last two series in India has also been poor. Kohli could not even score 100 runs in the two Test matches against Bangladesh. Meanwhile, Kohli’s performance in the 3-match series against New Zealand was even worse. Kohli scored only 93 runs in 6 innings. In this scenario, Kohli will be under pressure to prove himself in Australia.
Jaiswal is also disappointed
Let us tell you that before the first Test match in Australia, the Indian team was scheduled to play an intra-squad match against Ruturaj Gaikwad-captained India A, but the match was cancelled. After this, the Indian team decided to practice at the center wicket in Perth. Not only Kohli but also opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal was disappointed in this training session. Jaiswal also exited the game after scoring 15 points. Jaiswal’s recent performance has been nothing special either. In such circumstances, he will be under a lot of pressure to perform better on his first tour of Australia.
Border-Gavaskar Trophy Indian Team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
Booking: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khalil Ahmed.
Australia’s first match against India: Pat Cumming (captain), Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Bolan, Nathan Lyon.
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