India captain Rohit Sharma is prone to bat down the order within the upcoming second Test in opposition to Australia in Adelaide. Rohit, who missed the primary Test because of the start of his son, listed himself at no. 5 within the staff sheet for two-day pink-ball follow in opposition to the Prime Minister’s XI. There is a big chance that Rohit may take up the same position within the Day-Night Test on the Adelaide Oval, particularly after KL Rahul gave a very good account for himself within the sequence opener, batting on the prime alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Rohit sharma listed at 5 within the heat up match if he comes at 5 at present,ought to bat at 5 within the 2nd take a look at match. pic.twitter.com/qYXoJ5kFVk
— _saideep_troublesome_ (@saideeptrouble1) December 1, 2024
Despite being the captain of the facet, Rohit allowed Jaiswal and Rahul to proceed their good run on the prime, demoting himself within the batting order. The transfer proved as soon as once more why Rohit is likely one of the most selfless captains India have had.
Jaiswal and Rahul had famously opened for India within the Perth Test and their partnership laid the muse for India’s win within the match. While it appeared like Rohit’s return would pressure Rahul to drop down within the batting order, the skipper confirmed that he had different concepts.
After rain performed a spoilsport on Day one, the two-day warm-up match between Prime Minister’s XI and India was diminished to 50-overs-a-side.
Rohit gained the toss and determined to bowl in opposition to Jack Edwards’s Prime Minister’s XI. There was one other rain interruption on Day 2, that means extra overs have been minimize from the match, lowering the competition to 46-overs-a-side.
PM XI posted 240 on the again of Sam Konstas’ century. The New South Wales opener slammed a 90-ball century, which places extra stress on Australia’s out-of-form batter Marnus Labuschagne, in addition to beginner opener Nathan McSweeney, who did not do a lot on debut at Perth.
For India, Harshit Rana picked 4-44 to make sure Australia did not cross the 250-run mark.
Prime Minister’s XI: Sam Konstas, Matt Renshaw, Jayden Goodwin, Jack Clayton, Oliver Davies, Jack Edwards (C), Sam Harper (WK), Aidan O’Connor, Hanno Jacobs, Mahli Beardman, Charlie Anderson, Scott Boland, Lloyd Pope, Jack Nisbet.
India: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Devdutt Padikkal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, R Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan.
Topics talked about on this article