Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh will go into the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India as an in-form Test batsman, but he has worked hard on the mental side of the game over the years and will not forget his efforts. He said he learned to do so. His failures disappear. A pace bowling all-rounder with explosive batting, Marsh will be one of the talking points in the series against India. During his Test run between 2014 and 2019, Marsh, the son of the legendary Goev Marsh, struggled mightily, averaging just 25.20 and making just three centuries and 6 minutes and 50 seconds in 55 innings.
But during last year’s Ashes series against England, Marsh returned to the Test team for the first time in four years and made a fresh start in his career, combining his aggression with a consistency never seen before. Last year, he averaged 67.50 in five Tests, scoring 540 runs with one century and four fifties. He also helped Australia win their sixth 50-over World Cup with the bat, scoring 441 runs in 10 innings with two centuries and 50 matches.
“I’ve been working hard on the mental side of the game so that no matter how nervous I am, I can go out there and get right into my pre-match routine,” Marsh said on FOX Cricket.
“For me, it all comes down to my preparation. If I prepare as well as I can, I can go into a game or an innings with real confidence and if I fail, I can look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘I failed. ” you could say. I actually did the best I could. Sometimes it was a good ball, sometimes it was a mental mistake. You can learn from it and move on quickly. ”
“Maybe in the past I just couldn’t let go of those failures and carried them into the next inning or the next game. If that goes on for a while it can really weigh on me. I certainly I’ve gotten much better in that area.”
“It doesn’t guarantee success, but it certainly allows me to enjoy the game a little bit more no matter what situation I’m in. I feel like I’ve got the tools to hopefully get through it.” ” he concluded his argument. .
March said the 10-year drought of winning a Test series against India (including two defeats at home in 2018-19 and 2020-21) will give the team a big motivation from the setbacks so far. spoke.
“We’ve grown a lot as a team since we last played here. We’ve got a really experienced group now and the fans will be happy for that, given the fact that we’ve lost the last two series. ‘And hopefully they’ll be right behind us,’ he added.
After the series opener in Perth on November 22nd, a day-night second Test will be played under the lights at Adelaide Oval from December 6th to 10th.
Fans will then turn their attention to The Gabba in Brisbane for the third Test from December 14 to 18.
The traditional Boxing Day Test is scheduled for December 26-30 at Melbourne’s iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground and will be the penultimate stage of the series.
The fifth and final Test will be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground from January 3 to 7, promising an exciting climax to the much-awaited series.
Indian team for Border-Gavaskar series: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Juler (wk) , Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.
Australia squad for first Test: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve – Smith, Mitchell Stark.
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