The danger of follow-on is hovering over Team India, IPL lions piled up in the final

WTC 2023 Final IND vs AUS Kennington Oval, London: The final match of the World Test Championship between India and Australia is being played in London. India scored 151 runs after losing 5 wickets in the first innings till the end of the second day of the match. Earlier, Australia had scored 469 runs till all out. India’s batting lineup flopped badly in the first innings. Now the danger of follow on is looming over Team India. Team India needs a total of 269 runs to save the follow-on. The important thing is that in the first innings of this match, the players who performed brilliantly in IPL 2023 flopped. Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Rohit could not do anything special.

Team India has scored 151 runs in the first innings. But have also lost 5 wickets. For this reason, the danger of follow-on is hovering over him. India need 269 runs to save the follow on. So now he has to score 118 runs. Team India’s hopes rest on Ajinkya Rahane and Shrikar Bharat. Rahane has returned to the team after a long time. They are also in form. Only Rahane and Bharat can handle the innings now. Bharat has played 7 Test innings for Team India. But have not been able to do anything special during this time. Now he also has a chance to prove himself. After this only players like Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav will be left with the bat. Team India is currently 318 runs behind Australia.

After Australia’s first innings, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill came to open for India. During this, Rohit was dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 26 balls. Cummins made him walk. Shubman was dismissed after scoring 13 runs in 15 balls. After this Cheteshwar Pujara also returned to the pavilion. Experienced batsman Pujara scored 14 runs in 25 balls. Virat Kohli got out after scoring just 29 runs. After this Ravindra Jadeja struggled for a long time. He scored 48 runs in 51 balls. In this way, Team India’s batsman proved to be a complete flop. Ajinkya Rahane remained unbeaten after scoring 29 runs till the end of the second day’s play. Shrikar Bharat remained unbeaten after scoring 5 runs.

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