Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have educated arduous on the Adelaide Oval after the Day-Night time Take a look at match between Australia and India resulted in simply 2 days and one session with the hosts profitable the sport by 10 wickets to degree the continued five-match Take a look at collection 1-1.
After the conclusion of the second Take a look at of the continued Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 in Adelaide, the Indian cricket workforce hit the nets on the Adelaide Oval, as they’re aiming to make a robust comeback within the third Take a look at at The Gabba in Brisbane, beginning on December 14.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma hit the nets in Adelaide as India prepares for the Gabba Take a look at
It’s being mentioned that India held an optionally available coaching session on Tuesday, December 10, however a lot of the senior gamers, particularly batters, had been seen sweating it out on the Adelaide Oval. Indian batters Virat Kohli, Rohit, KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Shubman Gill continued their preparations in Adelaide forward of the third Take a look at in Brisbane.
It’s also being mentioned that Virat Kohli was engaged on his backfoot recreation in the course of the observe session. The dashing right-handed batter centered on bettering his backfoot play and addressing the difficulty of getting caught within the slips whereas urgent the ball on his entrance foot.
In the meantime, Rohit Sharma’s batting place has been a serious matter of debate amongst cricket consultants after India suffered an embarrassing defeat within the Pink-ball Take a look at, however it’s extremely possible that the India captain is not going to make any adjustments to his batting place for the Gabba Take a look at.
Who will open with Yashasvi Jaiswal within the third Take a look at in opposition to Australia?
Rohit batted at No. 6 within the Day-Night time Take a look at, permitting KL Rahul to proceed as an opener alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal, however each openers struggled with the bat, sparking requires the Indian skipper to return to his opening place.
Nonetheless, Rohit seems to be decided to remain within the center order for at the very least another recreation, and it was cleared throughout India’s web session in Adelaide. Throughout India’s web session in Adelaide on Tuesday, it was a transparent trace that there can be no change within the batting order from the Adelaide Take a look at for the upcoming Brisbane Take a look at in opposition to Australia.
Within the viral photos and video clips, Rohit was seen persevering with to carry his place within the center order. Within the clip, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, and Rohit had been seen batting facet by facet within the nets in Adelaide.
Rohit Sharma is prone to bat within the middle-lower order in Brisbane
KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal had been the primary to bat, adopted by Virat Kohli, Rohit, and Rishabh Pant. This batting order urged that Rohit won’t be excited about shifting Rahul to the center order for the upcoming third Take a look at on the Gabba.
Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli working arduous in nets forward of the third Take a look at 🇮🇳 👍#INDvsAUS #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/Vl0IcKea96
— Virat Kohli ( Followers) (@viratkofans18) December 10, 2024
Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Jaiswal in at this time’s batting observe session at Adelaide oval.🇮🇳🙌
Captain Rohit Sharma Grinding himself for third Take a look at Match
The Hitman military in bounce again temper @ImRo45 🐐🤞🏻#RohitSharma #TeamIndia #ViratKohli @rohitions45 @ro45_king pic.twitter.com/hHZEOlwky5
— Siddhi Meena (@SiddhiMeena111) December 10, 2024
Notably, Indian batters had a extremely forgettable outing within the pink-ball Take a look at. India misplaced all 20 wickets in simply 81 overs, going through solely 486 balls—the fourth fewest deliveries India confronted of their Take a look at historical past. The fewest India has confronted was in 1952 in opposition to England, after they misplaced 20 wickets in simply 349 balls.