One of the most debated topics in the first test was the Indian teamHe’s probably playing XI, with the jury still out on whether the best goalkeeper in Saha, 36, beats the best hitter than Pant, 23.
The leadership of the Indian team has kept their letters close to their chest Hanuma Vihari calling it “healthy competition” which bodes well for the team.
There is a school of thought in the team that Saha’s superior glove work and also safe hitting should be valued more at this point.
Coach Ravi Shastri, Captain virat Kohli, assistant coaches Vikram Rathour, Bharat Arun and itinerant coach Harvinder Singh will evaluate Pant and Saha’s performance based on their individual contributions in match situations.
Saha’s 54 came when India might have lost the game and rescued the team while facing a high-quality attack. The score was 143 out of nine and the team could have lost to Australia A, but he led a young Kartik Tyagi, scored his runs and saved the game.
The attack Saha faced came from James Pattinson, Michael Neser and Cameron Green, which was international standard.
Compared to that, Pant came in after India had already taken control of the pink ball gown rehearsal with Mitchell Swepson and Nick Maddinson, who works part-time.
All the hard work was done by Shubman gill, Mayank Agarwal and Hanuma Vihari before Pant joined the procedure.
In fact, the home team’s bowlers had given up the fight midway through their innings, something that drew harsh criticism from former World Cup winning captain Allan Border, who called bowling an “utter disgrace. “while wearing an Australia A.
Saha is averaging more than 30 in 37 tests with 1238 runs and three hundred in her kitty. In addition, he has 103 layoffs behind the stumps, including 92 sacks and 11 stumps.
Still, even if Saha happens to play the first Test, it wouldn’t mean Pant would be out of the equation, as the Bengal stumper would have to perform decently with the bat to keep his younger competitor out of the count for a spot in the first XI.
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