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The second Test of the 5-match series between India and Australia is to be played in Adelaide. Now head coach Gautam Gambhir has also joined the team for this match. He returned to India after the first Test due to serious personal reasons. Gambhir was not present during the two-day practice match against Prime Minister’s XI on Saturday and Sunday. He returned to India from Australia on 26 November.
These people took command in Gambhir’s absence
In Gambhir’s absence, the coaching staff of Abhishek Nair, Ryan ten Doeschate and Morne Morkel took charge of the team’s training and the two-day matches in Canberra. Now they have to take an important decision regarding the opening before the Adelaide Test, where regular captain Rohit Sharma is in doubt. Rohit, who did not play in the first Test, has joined the team for this match.
This combination can take Rohit forward
Gambhir is also expected to play as the opening pair of the Perth Test-winning team in the Adelaide Test, where Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul have performed well to open the innings. Even against the Prime Minister’s XI, India had fielded only the pair of Yashasvi and Rahul. Apart from Perth, the pair also performed brilliantly in practice matches.
Rohit flopped in the practice match
In the match against Australia Prime Minister XI, Rohit could not do anything special and could score only three runs. The first day of this match was washed out due to rain. Later the captains of both the teams confirmed that the next day both the teams will play 50-50 overs. In this match, India won by 6 wickets on the basis of excellent performance of the batsmen after the bowlers. Shubman Gill played a stormy inning of 50 runs for India. Fast bowler Harshit Rana also played an important role in the team’s victory and took 4 Kangaroo batsmen to the pavilion.