This time the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is on Australian soil. In such a situation, it becomes necessary to find out what is the Test record of the players who have been selected to face Australia? This will reveal how capable India, which is the defending champion of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, will be able to retain its title. At the same time, it can also be estimated which players can prove to be the trump card for Team India in Australia.

The players who have been selected for the 5 test match series against Australia are under the command of Rohit Sharma. Captain Rohit will also be the team's opener, with whom Yashasvi Jaiswal can be seen opening the innings. Abhimanyu Easwaran will play the role of third opener in the team. Apart from the openers, the names of Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant are in the middle order. Ashwin, Jadeja, Nitish Reddy and Washington Sundar will be the 4 all-rounders of the team. Whereas Bumrah, Akashdeep, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna and Mohammad Siraj will be the fast bowlers of the team. Let us now see the performance of all these players one by one in Australia.

Openers' performance

Rohit Sharma has scored 408 runs in 7 Tests in Australia at an average of 31.38, in which his best score is 63 not out. Yashasvi Jaiswal has played 14 Tests for India but this time he will be seen playing for the first time against Australia and on its soil. Whereas Abhimanyu Easwaran is waiting for his test debut.

middle order performance

Virat Kohli's current form may be poor but his average in Tests on Australian soil is 54.08. He has scored 1352 runs in 13 tests with 6 centuries. Like Virat, Shubman also has an average of above 50 in Australia. In the 3 Tests played there, he has scored 259 runs at an average of 51.80, Gill's highest score there is 91 runs.

KL Rahul has got a place in the Australia tour team as a wicketkeeper batsman. He has scored only 187 runs in 5 tests played on Australian soil. That means the average has been 20.77. As a wicketkeeper, Rishabh Pant has a much better record than him on Australian soil, Pant has scored 624 runs in 7 Tests in Australia at an average of 62.40, which includes 1 century. Apart from these, Dhruv Jurail is another wicketkeeper batsman of the team, who has no experience of playing in Australia.

performance of all-rounders

Talking about all-rounders, Ashwin has played 10 Tests in Australia, in which apart from scoring 384 runs, he has taken 39 wickets. Jadeja has played 4 Tests in Australia, in which apart from scoring 175 runs, he has taken 14 wickets. Washington Sundar has played 1 Test in Australia and apart from scoring 84 runs, he has taken 4 wickets. Nitish Kumar Reddy does not have the experience of playing on Australian soil.

performance of fast bowlers

Among fast bowlers, Bumrah and Siraj have experience of playing Test on Australian soil. Bumrah has taken 32 wickets in the 7 tests played there. Siraj has taken 13 wickets in 3 tests in Australia. Apart from these two, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana and Akashdeep will be seen playing Test for the first time.