Sydney Test Indian Team Top Order Flop: The fifth and last Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is being played in Sydney. In this match, major changes were seen in the playing eleven of Team India. The first change was seen in the form of captain Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma, who was struggling with poor form, was rested. Apart from this, fast bowler Prasidh Krishna was given a chance in place of Akashdeep. Rohit Sharma was definitely out in the match, but there was no change in the top order of Team India.
Hitman was seen opening in the fourth Test played in Melbourne. Now in the Test being played in Sydney, Team India’s top order, which came to bat first, was once again seen flopping. Due to Rohit’s exit, there was no change of any kind in the top order of the team. Before lunch, i.e. in the very first session, the team’s top order returned to the pavilion.
In the absence of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul once again took the responsibility of opening. Although Rahul could not do anything special. The team lost the first wicket in the form of Rahul in the 5th over, who returned to the pavilion after scoring only 04 runs. After this, the team got its second blow in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the 8th over. Jaiswal scored 10 runs with the help of 1 four. After this, for some time Kohli and Shubman Gill took charge of the innings and made a partnership of 40 runs for the third wicket.
This partnership ended just one ball before lunch. One ball before lunch, Shubman Gill returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs with the help of 2 fours. In this way, in the very first session, Team India’s top order collapsed at the score of 57 runs. Let us tell you that Jaiswal was shown the way to the pavilion by Scott Boland, KL Rahul by Mitchell Starc and Shubman Gill by Nathan Lyon.
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