Former India batter Gautam Gambhir believes that in batting Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, Australia’s batting is “fragile.” Gambhir’s comments, which were made on the eve of the Boxing Day test, came true when
“With the type of batting lineup Australia has, they are very vulnerable at the top of the order. They are very fragile, apart from Labuschagne and Smith. Travis Head is very vulnerable. Cameron Green will probably play his second Test Match, ”Gambhir told Sports Today on YouTube.
“Tim Paine, yes, he did well in the previous game, but he also has his own shortcomings, and then you like bowling. So apart from two hitters, number 3 and number 4, there is a lot of fragility. So India can really take advantage of that. “
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India exploited that to the fullest, as Jasprit Bumrah’s threat was matched by Ravichandran Ashwin’s cunning when an inspired India led by Ajinkya Rahane shot Australia for a sub-par 195 to dominate the opening day of Test 2.
India then lost an out-of-form Mayank Agarwal (0) to Mitchell Starc, but rookie Shubman Gill (28 batting) survived a hostile spell to hit some delicious limits in the final score of the day of 36 for 1 on 11 over. it was the seasoned Cheteshwar Pujara (7 batting).
Gambhir warned India’s batsmen not to aim for big totals and actually considered that given the bowling attack India has, the first goal should be to get to something around 275 and then aim forwards.
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“When you have people like Jasprit Bumrah who are world class, when you have Ravichandran Ashwin, you have Umesh Yadav, who has played more than 35-40 test matches. So he hopes the Indian bowling lineup is really good, “said Gambhir.
“It’s for hitters to put runs on the board and not think about putting 400 on the board, going for 275 and giving their pitchers something. Because you have these world class bowlers and 275 is enough. You have someone like Jasprit Bumrah who can probably also win a game on his spell of five. Other bowlers need to supplement it, they must not lose runs. “
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