Image Source : GETTY IMAGES India’s bowling assault within the ongoing Brisbane Test has a mixed expertise of 4 Tests.
India sustained quite a few accidents all through the course of the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy – particularly within the bowling assault.
None of the first-team bowlers — Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja had been obtainable for the fourth and last Test of the collection in Brisbane. As a end result, the staff administration fielded an assault with a mixed expertise of 4 Tests.
Moreover, Mohammed Siraj, who solely made his debut within the second Test of the continuing collection, is now the senior-most pacer within the XI.
Siraj (2 Tests), Shardul Thakur (1 Test), Navdeep Saini (1 Test), T Natarajan (Debut) and Washington Sundar (Debut) are participating within the collection decider on the Gabba in Brisbane.
This is India’s most inexperienced bowling assault because the nation’s second-ever Test in 1933.
India have additionally confronted vital setbacks within the batting order. While Virat Kohli left the aspect after the primary Test to attend the start of his little one, KL Rahul was dominated out of the collection with a wrist sprain, whereas Hanuma Vihari was additionally dominated out with a pulled hamstring, following his heroics within the third Test.
Despite the accidents, Team India stepped up with combating performances all through the course of the collection. The Ajinkya Rahane-led aspect beat Australia in Melbourne to attract the collection stage, and defied the percentages to carry Australia to a draw within the third Test in Sydney.
India are the present holders of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
