India had to face a shameful defeat in the second match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, a 5-Test series against Australia. The series is now level at 1-1. India won brilliantly in the match played in Perth and Virat Kohli scored a century in that match. When Virat failed in Adelaide. He was out after scoring only 7 runs in the first innings and 11 runs in the second innings.
Why was Sunil Gavaskar impressed by Virat?
After the embarrassing defeat in the Pink Ball Test match in Adelaide, Virat Kohli immediately started practicing. After the match, Kohli returned to the nets and faced the fast bowlers. Kohli scored a brilliant century in the first Test but in Adelaide the star was seen struggling to score better runs. Great Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar was impressed by Virat Kohli’s dedication and said that other players also need to learn from Virat.
what did gavaskar say
Gavaskar said that Kohli showed his dedication by going to the nets today. But I want to see the same from everyone else. He did not run. He is very proud of what he has achieved and what he has done for India. However, he did not score in this game, so he is in the nets.” Australia maintained their record in the pink ball Test and defeated an in-form India by 10 wickets.
Legend’s advice to Team India
Sunil Gavaskar has advised the team not to waste time in their hotel rooms and use the two extra days to sweat after the Pink Ball Test between India and Australia. Gavaskar said, consider the remaining three matches of the series as a series. Forget that this was a five-Test series. I want the Indian team to use the next few days to study. This is very important. You can’t sit in your hotel room or wherever you go because you are here to play cricket.
Gavaskar further said, “You do not need to study the whole day. You can study whenever you want in the morning or afternoon. But don’t waste these days. If the Test match had lasted for five days, you would have played.” This test match. Let us tell you here that the third test match will start from 14th December. This match will be played in Brisbane. Last time, Team India had achieved a historic victory on this same ground.