Rahul Tiwari
khelja|16-11-2024
The Indian team is practicing match-like among themselves in Perth before the match against Australia on 22nd November. The team's batsmen mainly participated on the first day. During this, many players including Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal batted. On the second day it was the turn of the bowlers. On the second day of practice, Jasprit Bumrah started his spell in front of India A batsmen. Whereas Abhimanyu Easwaran and Devdutt Padikkal did the opening. During this, along with the game plan of Team India against Australia, a new weapon was also seen.
During the ongoing practice session between Team India and India A in Perth, Jasprit Bumrah started bowling from one end. Harshit Rana supported him from the other end. During this, a barrage of short balls and bouncers was seen from Harshit Rana. Looking at his spell, it is being speculated that Team India can use him as a new weapon against Australia.
On the bouncy and fast pitch of Perth, he can be used with short-ball strategy to trouble the Australian batsmen. He bowled a lot of bouncers in his spell. Although he hit one six, his overall performance was impressive. Rana dismissed two batsmen.
Abhimanyu Easwaran and Devdutt Padikkal came as the opening pair for India A to face Jasprit Bumrah and Gaikwad. Easwaran once again left quickly. Let us tell you that both the players had also played a match against Australia A and till now they have flopped in this round. He is also a part of Team India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The report of Perth practice session has revealed that Rituraj Gaikwad batted well on the second day. He hit a total of 4 sixes, in which 2 sixes were hit by Ashwin, 1 by Harshit Rana and 1 by Manav Suthar. He batted for one and a half hours and then gave Sarfaraz Khan a chance to practice.
On the first day, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul came for the opening. Both started aggressively but Jaiswal became a victim of his aggression and lost his wicket for 15 runs. Rahul had batted well and tackled the short ball very well but he was injured by a bouncer from Prasidh Krishna, after which he had to leave the field.
On the other hand, Virat Kohli had started well but he repeated his old mistake and got out at second slip while trying to drive at the score of 15 runs. Shubhman Gill spent crease time for two hours. But after this he lost his control and was out after scoring 28 runs.