Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar analyzes the poor performance of Abhimanyu Easwaran and KL Rahul in the second match of India A vs Australia A and gives important advice to the batsmen who are touring India for the first time. provided. Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting with the Perth Test on November 22, KL and Easwaran received much-needed game time in Australian conditions in two unofficial Tests against Australia A. Easwaran, on the other hand, failed to reach the 20-run mark in all four innings. In the second match, played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), even the experienced KL failed to produce results, scoring four goals and scoring 10 points.
This casts doubt on their participation in the first Test in Perth. India captain Rohit Sharma is likely to miss the match due to personal reasons and the battle for opening spot will be between the two players.
In a video for ESPNCricinfo, Manjrekar said the dismissal of the India A batsman was very similar to what Indian batsmen experience when playing in Australia for the first time. He added that the Indian team is heading into the tour in a state of “lack of confidence” as key players like Rohit and Virat Kohli are not in good form after losing the home series to New Zealand.
Manjrekar also gave advice to Indian batsmen, urging them to get rid of their “Indian instincts” while playing and adapting to Australian conditions.
“India lacked a bit of confidence in many ways because of what happened just before the tour (they lost 3-0 at home to New Zealand) and their key players Rohit and Virat were clearly out of form. Australia),” Manjrekar said. .
“Most of the dismissals you’ve seen of Indian batsmen are typical of Indian batsmen going to Australia, where they’re instinctively playing a certain type of game and you’re surprised by that extra bounce. On one pitch, it happened to all of us. ”
“We went to Australia so we needed time to get used to the bounce and instinctively we had to play a little higher than normal. So we have to take away the Indian instincts. Kuala Lumpur and Easwaran, it wasn’t a great start.”Thus, the fight between them will heat up further,” he concluded.
Easwaran could make his international debut after 101 first-class matches, 7,674 runs and 27 centuries, but KL has plenty of Australian experience. In the match against Australia, KL scored 618 runs in 19 innings, an average of 34.33 runs, one century and 650 runs, and the highest individual score of 110 runs. However, KL’s performance in the five matches in Australia was poor, scoring 187 runs in nine innings. He averages 20.77 and has a century to his name.
The much-awaited Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia will begin on November 22 with the first Test to be played in Perth.
The second day/night 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.
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