Everyone decided to make a spin track: Rohit Sharma said after the defeat - We could not bat well in the first innings

Posted on 3rd Mar 2023 by rohit kumar

After the humiliating nine-wicket defeat against Australia in the Indore Test, Indian captain Rohit Sharma has said that the team decided to play on a spin-friendly pitch. We knew it would be challenging for our batsmen as well, but we were ready for it, although the Indian batsmen could not bat well in the first innings.

 

On the first day of the match, Team India was dismissed for 109 runs, and questions were raised on the pitch at Holkar ground in Indore. A turn of 4.8 degrees was seen from the very first session of the first day. Which was too much. In such a situation, Bhaskar had first claimed that the Indian team management had demanded a spin track and got entangled in its trap. We had made this news 'Team India had asked for turning-track, all out in two and a half hours: Australian said - the pitch is not worth testing, Indian expert said - it will work like this'. Later ICC also gave a poor rating to this pitch.

 

Spinners got 26 out of 31 wickets that fell in the third test. While four came on the account of fast bowlers. One runs out.

 

India's first innings was limited to 109 runs, Kuhneman took 5 wickets

After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Team India got all out for 109 runs in the first innings. Virat Kohli scored the maximum 22 runs from the team. While opener Shubman Gill, playing in place of KL Rahul, scored 21 runs. Wicketkeeper KS Bharat and Umesh Yadav scored 17-17 runs. At the same time, captain Rohit Sharma and Akshar Patel could only add 12-12 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not do anything special.

 

Matthew Kuhneman took 5 wickets for Australia. While Nathan Lyon got 3 successes. One wicket came in the part of Todd Murphy.

 

India lost the match by 9 wickets

Australia handed India a crushing 9-wicket defeat in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. With this victory, the Kangaroo team made a 2-1 comeback in the four-match series. On the third day of the match at Holkar Stadium on Friday, the Kangaroo team easily achieved the target of 76 runs for one wicket in the fourth innings. Opener Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne shared an unbeaten 78-run partnership for the second wicket.

 

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