3 major reasons for Team India's defeat in second test!

Kokila Chokkanathan

Team india had to data-face defeat by 10 wickets in the second test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Team india, which performed brilliantly in Perth, fizzled out in Adelaide. This test match was played with the pink ball. indian batsmen looked helpless in front of the pink ball. With this victory, australia equaled the five-match series 1-1.

The first test match of this series was played in Perth, in which india won by 295 runs. In Perth, along with the bowlers, the batsmen also contributed significantly to the victory. yashasvi jaiswal and virat kohli scored centuries, while jasprit bumrah took 8 wickets. In such a situation, know how the heroes of Perth proved to be zero in Adelaide.

Three major reasons for India's defeat-

1- Regular captain rohit sharma returned in this Test, but Rohit decided to play in the middle order. Rohit was a complete flop. He could score 6 runs in the first innings and 3 runs in the second innings. If Rohit had come to open and batted aggressively against bowlers like Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins, the result of the match could have been different.

2- indian batsmen did not try to score runs in both the innings of this Test. If we compare the batsmen of australia and india, the difference will be easily seen. Travis Head scored runs quickly and scored a century. On the other hand, indian batsmen looked a bit more defensive. nitish kumar Reddy played freely and he was the highest run scorer for india in both the innings. No other indian batsman showed an approach like him.

3- indian bowlers also could not perform as expected in this Test. It was clearly seen that the bowlers could not bowl according to their strategy. On one hand, while the Australian bowlers tried to make the indian batsmen play, the indian bowlers were mostly seen bowling on the outside line. The bowlers' plan in Perth was quite different, but they looked ineffective in Adelaide.

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