IND Vs AUS, 1st Test: After losing the series against New Zealand by a clean sweep at home, the Indian team has now reached Australia tour. A 5-match Test series will be played between India and Australia under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. But before that there is a bad news for the Indian team.
Indian team captain Rohit Sharma will not play in the first test. Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir answered many questions including Rohit’s absence in the press conference. He also told that if Rohit is not in the team then who will captain the team and which player will replace Rohit as the opener.
Will Rohit Sharma play the first match?
Gambhir said, ‘There is no confirmation yet about Rohit Sharma. It is expected that he will be available in the match. You will know everything before the series starts. Gambhir did not say this directly, but it is clear that Rohit will be out of the first test. It has not even reached Australia yet.
This player will open in place of Rohit!
Who will open in place of Rohit? In response to this, Gambhir said, ‘If Rohit Sharma is not available then KL Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran are the opening options for us. I can’t tell you about the playing-11. Apart from this, Gambhir said about captaincy, ‘Bumrah is the vice-captain. Therefore, he will definitely captain the team in Rohit’s absence.
KL Rahul At which number will you bat?
Coach Gambhir said about KL Rahul, ‘KL Rahul can open. He can also bat at number 3 and number 6. This is a good thing, because many players cannot provide such options. It can be understood from Gambhir’s statement that Rahul can come at number 5 in the first test. And Gill is very good to bat at number three. Whereas Yashasvi seriously does not want to remove Jaiswal as opener. Abhimanyu can also be sent with this.
India’s probable playing XI for the first test
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul/Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah (c), Mohammed Siraj and Harshit Rana.
Indian team will go on Australia tour
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Ishtan Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.