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Ajinkya Rahane can have the arduous job of main the Indian cricket crew within the closing three Tests in Australia. Rahane can have massive sneakers to fill with Virat Kohli returning house after the top of the primary Test in Adelaide, having been given a paternity go away by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). But former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels there might be “no pressure” on Rahane after taking on the reins from Kohli as a result of he’s “only the stand-in captain for the three Test matches”.
“There is no real pressure on Ajinkya Rahane, because both the times that he has led the team, he has won. He led against Australia at Dharamshala and India won. He led against Afghanistan and India won. So, as far as his captaincy is concerned, there is going to be no pressure because he knows he is at the moment, only the stand-in captain for the three Test matches,” Sunil Gavaskar stated on Star Sports present GAME PLAN.
“So, I don’t think the fact about being a captain or carrying on as captain is going to be part of his thinking at all. He will do the job as honestly as he plays his cricket, which means, as a batsman, he will go out there and try and let Pujara try and grind the opposition in and play few more shots maybe,” he added.
Under the captaincy of Kohli, India had made historical past by profitable their first-ever Test collection on Australian soil, clinching the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy collection 2-1.
But with Kohli not out there after the pink-ball Test, and star batsman Rohit Sharma additionally out of the primary two contests, India have their job lower out to repeat that feat.
Cheteshwar Pujara must play an enormous function if India are to once more higher the Aussies in their very own yard however having not performed a world match since February 2020, rustiness may hamper his efficiency.
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Gavaskar, nonetheless, feels that will not be an element.
“Out of 20 days of Test cricket that we have ahead of us, we are really happy to have him bat for 15 days, there is no question about it. Whether he has played any cricket or not, I don’t think it’s going to make any difference because he is so strong mentally, that he will be…. he loves batting, he loves being at the crease, he loves wearing the bowlers down,” stated the legendary batsman.
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