DTVHINDIHow are the figures of Rohit and Virat in BGT, see the records of both here
Virat Kohli’s statistics against Australia are excellent. Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: Getty Images) There are less than 10 days left for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 to start. The first Test match is to be played between India and Australia in Perth from 22 November. This five-match Test series is very important for both the countries. Team India has won the last two series in Australia. But Team India’s recent performance in Tests has not been that good, so there will be pressure on the host team to win the series. This series is very important for Team India from the point of view of the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) because if India wants to reach the final, then they will have to win this series 4-0 at any cost. Before this series, you should know what has been the record of two great players of India, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the history of this series. Records of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in Border-Gavaskar Series (BGT) Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have played a lot of test matches against Australia. However, compared to Virat, Rohit has played only half the matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In such a situation, it might not be right to compare them, but we are comparing them because both have played at least 20 innings. In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Virat Kohli has played 42 innings, while Rohit Sharma has played only 20 innings. Both the batsmen have not been able to score even a single double century in Test cricket against Australia. Virat Kohli has scored 1979 runs in BGT, whereas Rohit Sharma has scored only 650 runs so far. Virat Kohli averages 48.26 in the BGT, while Rohit averages 34.21 in the bilateral Test series against Australia. Talking about the strike rate, Virat Kohli has scored runs at a strike rate of 52.25, whereas the strike rate of opener Rohit Sharma has been a little slower than him. Rohit’s strike rate is 51.14. While Virat Kohli has scored 8 centuries in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rohit Sharma has been able to score a century only once. Virat has scored 5 half-centuries in BGT and Rohit Sharma has scored 3 half-centuries.
“Big shots after two-three dot balls…”, Sunil Gavaskar got angry on the mentality of Indian batsmen.
Veteran player Sunil Gavaskar has given a big statement regarding the mentality of Indian batsmen. Sunil Gavaskar & Team India (Photo Source: The performance of Team India’s batsmen in the Test series against New Zealand was quite disappointing. The batsmen struggled against spin throughout the series and could not perform well even against the fast bowlers. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli scored 91 and 93 runs respectively in the series. At the same time, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan looked in good form but could not score runs with consistency. Team India is going to play a five-match Test series against Australia under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from November 22. The form of Indian batsmen remains a matter of concern before the start of the series. Meanwhile, former veteran player Sunil Gavaskar has given a big statement regarding the mentality of Indian batsmen. He said that there was a problem in temperament, due to which the team lost the series. There is more problem of temperament – Sunil Gavaskar Sunil Gavaskar believes that the mentality of the players is that if they play a few dot balls then they start playing aerial shots, which is not required in red ball cricket. He stressed that Bharti was losing wickets quickly due to its risk-taking mentality. Sunil Gavaskar while talking on India Today said, Certainly the problem of temperament is more because the temperament is like this now and this is again the legacy of white-ball. Are there two or three dot balls? We have to try to put pressure on the bowlers. So go for the bigger shot, if it’s spectacular then go for the aerial shot. But where the ball is doing something, these chances are very less. So when the technique is there, the temperament is thinking that I can do this because the boundaries are small. The bats are very good, the players are also strong, so we can deliver it in the stands. Let us tell you, if Rohit Sharma and Company are to reach the final of the World Test Championship, they will have to win four out of five matches of the upcoming Test series against Australia.
Team India’s bad phase started as soon as Gautam Gambhir became the head coach, statistics are testifying.
Team India’s performance under Gautam Gambhir has been disappointing. Gautam Gambhir (Photo Source: The Indian team is currently playing a three-Test series against New Zealand at home. Team India’s performance in the series has been very poor. New Zealand has already won the two matches played so far in this series and has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. The third match of the series will now be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In this way, the Indian team has once again performed poorly during the tenure of coach Gautam Gambhir. Let us tell you that after the end of Rahul Dravid’s tenure, Gautam Gambhir was appointed the head coach of Team India. As soon as he arrived, a big change was seen in India’s coaching staff. From batting coach to bowling coach to fielding coach, he brought everything as per his wish, but despite this, the performance of the team is deteriorating. This is India’s second series defeat during his coaching tenure, before this Team India had lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka. In this article today we will tell you how the performance of Team India has been since Gautam Gambhir became the head coach. Team India’s performance under Gautam Gambhir has been poor so far Gautam Gambhir’s tenure started with India’s tour of Sri Lanka in the month of July this year. During this period, Team India played a series of three T20 and three ODI matches. Surya & Company won the T20 series by 2-0. But in the ODI series, India had to face 2-0 defeat against Sri Lanka. The Indian team had lost the ODI series on Sri Lankan soil after 27 years. After this, Bangladesh team came on India tour in September. In this series, the Indian team had made a clean sweep of Bangladesh in the Test and T20 series. Now Rohit Sharma’s team was playing a three-Test series against New Zealand. Along with losing the first two test matches, many shameful records have been registered in the name of the Indian team. In this series, India first had to face defeat by 8 wickets in the Bengaluru Test. By winning the Bengaluru Test, New Zealand succeeded in winning a Test match against India on Indian soil after 36 years. With the series loss, India’s record of winning most consecutive Test series (18) on home soil has now ended. After 12 years, India has lost the Test series on its own soil.
“Gohit” Sunil Gavaskar suggests new name for Team India’s batting approach in Test cricket
Instead of using the words this-ball or that-ball, I would suggest using the captain’s first name, Rohit – Sunil Gavaskar Rohit Sharma & Sunil Gavaskar (Photo Source: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India recently won the two-match Test series against Bangladesh 2-0. The second match of the series was played in Kanpur, after two days of play was abandoned without a single ball being bowled due to rain. On the fourth day, Team India adopted an attacking approach and batted brilliantly, due to which the result of the match was achieved. Former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar suggested that India’s batting approach in Test cricket should be given a new name instead of ‘Bazball’ or some other ball. Looking at the team’s performance, Gavaskar said that this kind of approach should be called “Gohit”. I would suggest using the captain’s first name, Rohit – Sunil Gavaskar Former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar wrote in his column in Sportstar, “Instead of using the terms this-ball or that-ball, I would suggest using the captain’s first name, Rohit, and call it the “Gohit” approach. Hopefully, smart people will come up with a trendy name for it instead of a lazy choice after “Bazball.” One newspaper called Indian batting “Bossball” because the team captain or “Boss”, Rohit, led the way, while some of the Old Powers called it “Gamball” after Indian coach Gautam Gambhir.” “Baz” is the nickname of his New Zealand coach Brendon McCullum – Gavaskar Sunil Gavaskar also explained the logic behind naming England’s style of play in Test cricket as ‘Bazball’. He said that Baz is the nickname of the team’s head coach Brendon McCullum, who used to play in Test cricket even during his playing days. Had an attacking style. “This Indian batting approach was called this-ball and that-ball after the term “Bazball” was coined for the batting approach of the England team. It was called so because “Baz” is the nickname of his New Zealand coach Brendon McCullum, who batted exactly the way his team was doing.
Ravindra Jadeja: Ravindra Jadeja created history in the Kanpur test match, became the first bowler to do so.
Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets in the second innings of the Kanpur test match. Ravindra Jadeja (Photo Source: The second and last match of the two-match Test series between India and Bangladesh was played at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. India won this test match by 7 wickets and won the series 2-0. In this match, Ravindra Jadeja has wreaked havoc and taken three wickets. He took three wickets in Bangladesh’s second innings on the fifth day of the match. Ravindra Jadeja first sent Bangladeshi captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto (19), then Liton Das (1) and Shakib Al Hasan (0) to the pavilion. His total number of Test wickets has reached 303. Jadeja had touched the figure of 300 during Bangladesh’s first innings. He achieved this feat by dismissing Khalid Ahmed. With this, Jadeja has become the first left-arm Indian spinner to take 300 wickets in Tests. Ravindra Jadeja became the 11th bowler to do so Let us tell you that, before Jadeja, Anil Kumble (right-arm leg spinner), R Ashwin (right-arm off-spinner), Kapil Dev (right-arm fast bowler), Harbhajan Singh (right-arm spinner), Ishant Sharma ( Right-arm fast bowler) and Zaheer Khan (left-arm fast bowler) have taken more than 300 Test wickets. Jadeja is the latest bowler to get entry in this list and he is the first left arm spinner. After Jadeja, Bishan Singh Bedi comes next and he had taken 266 wickets. He became the 11th player to complete 300 wickets and 3000 runs in this format. At the same time, he is the third player from India to do so. Before Jadeja, former Indian team captain Kapil Dev (434 wickets and 5248 runs) and veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (522 wickets and 3422 runs) have achieved this feat. In the second innings, Jadeja bowled brilliantly and pushed Bangladesh on the backfoot. Jadeja took 3 wickets for 34 runs in 10 overs. Due to which Bangladesh collapsed for 146 runs in the second innings. Now a target of 95 runs was set for India to win, which India easily achieved with 7 wickets in hand.
Irfan Pathan gave a befitting reply to those criticizing Virat Kohli’s strike rate.
In the match against Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Travis Head scored 58 runs in 44 balls – which was a complete contrast to his batting style. Head usually attacks the bowlers from the start and tries to dominate the powerplay. However, as SRH lost the wickets of Abhishek Sharma and Anmolpreet Singh early. After this, Head handled the innings by batting cautiously. Keeping this in mind, former cricketers Irfan Pathan and Mohammad Kaif said that if Virat Kohli had played such an innings, there would have been many debates on his strike rate. Let us tell you that, despite scoring a lot of runs and being ranked second in the Orange Cap list, Kohli has been criticized for his strike rate throughout IPL 2024. Following Head’s innings, Pathan and Kaif came to Kohli’s defense and said that every cricketer should be treated equally. After the slow innings of Travis Head, Irfan Pathan now comes in support of Virat During commentary Irfan Pathan said that, “As per his ability, you have never seen him play like this. It doesn’t matter what you say there was good bowling and everything, but every cricketer should be treated equally. On this, Mohammad Kaif said, you are right, if it was Virat Kohli, I can guarantee that people would have said only 58 runs in 44 balls? What is this? They will say it is low and there will be debate about his strike rate. But I believe it was a good innings from Head.” In the end, Irfan said, “But if Virat Kohli had been in his place, people would have been adamant on the strike rate, but here we are talking about taking responsibility for the team’s victory, so please treat everyone equally.”
IND vs ENG: Ollie Pope missed double century, India has a big target of 231 runs to win
Ollie Pope missed scoring a double century in the Hyderabad test match. IND vs ENG (Photo Source: Getty Images) India and England The first match of the five-match Test series between is being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. To win this match, India will now have to score 231 runs in the fourth innings. In the second innings, England batted brilliantly and put 420 runs on the board. Ollie Pope played an important role in taking the visiting team to this score, who played a brilliant inning of 196 runs, although he missed the second double century of his Test career. In the second innings for India, Jasprit Bumrah took maximum 4 wickets, while Ashwin got 3, Jadeja got 2 and Axar Patel got 1 success. Talking about England’s second innings, R. Ashwin first walked Jack Crowley. Then Jasprit Bumrah took the second wicket on the score of 113 runs, he clean bowled Ben Duckett on 47 runs. Just after 4 runs i.e. on the score of 117, Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Joe Root for 2 runs. The fourth wicket was taken by Ravindra Jadeja of Jonny Bairstow who was clean bowled. Then Ashwin uprooted the stumps of Ben Stokes. IND vs ENG: England scored more than 100 runs in the first session of the fourth day At stumps on the third day, England had scored 316 runs for six wickets. Ollie Pope 148 and Rehan Ahmed returned unbeaten after scoring 16 runs. Even on the fourth day, England batted well and added 104 more runs. England’s last wicket fell in the form of Ollie Pope, who was bowled by Bumrah after scoring 196 runs. Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul played half-century innings for India in the first innings. Facing 180 balls, Jadeja scored the highest score of 87 runs, which included seven fours and two sixes. Now, a good innings will be expected from the Indian batsmen in the second innings also and the fans would like Team India to register an easy win from here.
Zaheer Khan gave a surprising statement about the England team and their baseball approach.
Zaheer Khan. (Photo Source: Twitter) In a special show titled ‘Insiders Preview India vs England’ on JioCinema, Zaheer Khan, Parthiv Patel and Pragyan Ojha provided an important insight into the upcoming series. He told what fans can expect from the exciting tournament ahead. They discussed England’s point of view. During this, he also shared his opinion regarding the importance of baseball, pitches and toss. Zaheer Khan: These days you don’t often see five Test match series happening. Baseball will remain in focus and we’ll see if England’s approach remains the same. The kind of pitches we will play on will definitely be another point of discussion. But both the teams will be desperate to prove their superiority. 2) Baseball has been quite successful but has not been tested in India yet Pragyan Ojha: Baseball involves playing fearless cricket and England try to gain a psychological edge by using this strategy. It will be difficult to implement baseball in India because it will not be easy to play Indian spinners or Jasprit Bumrah and other fast bowlers. 3) Keeping in mind the World Test Championship, with what approach will India enter this series? Parthiv Patel: I think the Indian team will aim for 5-0. I think they need a 4-0 win to top the WTC standings. If we look at the last cycle, India has won many tests abroad. I don’t think India needs to change its approach. It is the visiting teams who will have to come up with different strategies. It remains to be seen whether baseball will work here or not. If the ball spins, I don’t think it will work here because India have quality spinners including Ashwin, Jadeja, Axar and Kuldeep. 4) After defeating Pakistan 3-0, with what confidence will England enter this series? Pragyan Ojha: I think he will be very confident with the strategy that England has adopted. But they need a backup plan. Because the situation will not be the same as it was in Pakistan. The wickets were slightly better and suited the batsmen. The conditions here will be favorable for spinners. So how they deal with it will be very important. His performance in the first Test will decide the direction of the series. 5) What kind of pitches will be seen in this series? Parthiv Patel: I think every ground will have its own character. We can see similar tracks in Hyderabad and Vizag also. In Rajkot, if they prepare a good wicket, we can see a lot of runs being scored. Their fast bowlers may hope to get some help in Dharamsala. Winning the toss will also be important for them. If they lose the toss it will be very difficult for them to make a comeback. Also read: ‘Franchise cricket without proper pay for players in Test matches…’: Jason Holder
Jaiswal is troubled by the fear of being dropped from the Test team, that is why he is praising captain Rohit a lot.
He further said, “Rohit Sharma helps me maintain a positive mindset, and we need to score runs quickly against the new ball. I just wanted to give a good start and that was all I had in mind because we had to win the match.”
