New Delhi. The Indian team is now hoping to win the match after trailing in the first three days of the Boxing Day Test. Team India, in reply to Australia’s 474 runs in the first innings, managed to score 369 runs on the basis of Nitish Reddy’s century. By the end of the fourth day’s play, India reduced the host team’s 9 wickets to 228 runs due to the brilliant bowling of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. Australia has a lead of 333 runs. If India wants to win the match then it will have to bat well. Irfan Pathan placed his bet on two batsmen.
If the Indian team wants to take the lead in the 5-match series against Australia, then it will have to perform a difficult task. The Boxing Day Test is at an exciting juncture. India will have a chance to win the match but for this it will have to bat well. A target of more than 300 runs in the fourth innings of a Test match is not easy but India has already achieved such a feat by scoring 329 runs in Gabba. Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has placed bets on Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant for India’s victory.
Pathan did not take the names of Rohit-Virat
Irfan Pathan did not express confidence in captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to lead the Indian team to victory in the Boxing Day Test. He bet on X factor Rishabh Pant with young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. Pathan said, it is difficult for any team to win a test match by achieving a target above 300 runs. If the Indian team had been in Australia’s place, we would have considered our team’s victory certain.
Yashasvi Jaiswal can change the match by hitting aggressive shots. He has the ability to quickly score runs in the upper order and turn the match in India’s favour. Whereas in the middle order, Rishabh Pant is such a batsman whose bat can be achieved easily. The victory of Team India will depend on these two batsmen.
Tags: Boxing Day Test, India vs Australia, Irfan pathan, Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal
FIRST PUBLISHED : December 29, 2024, 1:42 PM IST