Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said on Saturday that he will not rate Ajinkya Rahane’s leadership as “outstanding” as fans of the game will criticize him for having a bias towards players coming from Mumbai. Gavaskar’s comments came as India defeated Australia 195 in his first innings of Test 2 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) after he was asked to pitch first. For the visitors, Jasprit Bumrah claimed four plots while Ravichandran Ashwin took three plots.
“From what I’ve seen in the last 2 events he has captained and the ODI games he has captained, he has a great idea of where fielders should stay. Having said that, it is very important for bowlers to jump into their field. . If the players throw to the field, as they did today, then the captain looks very good, “Gavaskar said on Sony Network.
“Importantly, let’s not jump to conclusions. If I say your captaincy is outstanding, again, I will be accused of backing a guy from Mumbai and all sorts of things will happen. So I don’t want to get into that because these are the early days. “he added.
Apart from Bumrah and Ashwin, another prominent Indian artist with the ball was rookie Mohammed Siraj, who chose two fields.
“It’s important for India to look beyond the fact that it’s just Rahane’s captaincy. It’s the way Ashwin pitched, it’s the way Bumrah pitched, it’s the way Siraj made his debut. I mean imagine. , being a new bowler, and not “I can’t throw a single delivery before the second session. Only in the second session, you can go bowling at 27, but he showed great spirit in the way he came and threw, “said Gavaskar.
“These are the things we should enjoy. It tells you a lot about this Indian team that they were in the Australians and they got the early wicket. If they hadn’t gotten the early wicket, if Australia had hit a 60 or 70 to begin with, then their language body could have been different, “he added.
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With the Indian bowlers once again stealing the show, it was a test of facing 11 overs of quality paced bowling for batsmen in the final stages of opening day. While Shubman Gill came out with great success, having hit 28 undefeated with 38 balls, Mayank Agarwal fell in love with a duck.
On the stumps, India was 36/1 with Gill hitting 28 and Cheteshwar Pujara keeping him company at 7. The visitors follow Australia for 159 runs with nine wickets in hand.
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