New Delhi. Veteran cricketer Allan Border is not happy with star batsman Virat coming into form. Kohli scored a brilliant century in the second innings of the first Test match of the series on the current Australia tour. Before this, Virat was searching for form. After regaining the rhythm of Kohli, Border has given his team a good hearing. He said that the Australian team could not stop Kohli in the first test match. And I think that the host might lose the 5-match test series.
Kohli, who could not score a single Test century in the last one and a half years, returned to form in the second innings of the first Test against Australia. He scored an unbeaten 100 runs. India won that test by 295 runs. Border told ‘Sen Radio’, ‘I am very disappointed with the way they allowed Kohli to score a century. We do not want him (Kohli) to play with confidence like this in the entire series. Border also raised questions on the strategy of captain Pat Cummins. He said that he gave Kohli, who was seen struggling in the home series against New Zealand, a chance to return to form.
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Matthew Hayden also criticized his captain
Former opening batsman Matthew Hayden also criticized Cummins. Hayden told Channel 7, ‘Virat Kohli should have been dismissed at the beginning of his innings itself. The field placements were such that he scored runs easily whereas earlier he was under pressure. He said that Australia also delayed in bowling the short ball. Jaiswal was not able to play the short ball. Perhaps Pat Cummins should have used such balls earlier. The Indian team was under pressure due to poor performance in the first innings but now it is playing openly.
India vs Australia 2nd test from 6th December
The second Test match of the series between India and Australia will be played in Adelaide from 6 December. This test will be played day night. The Indian team has previously played a day-night test in Australia where it lost by 8 wickets. Team India will enter this time with the intention of avenging that defeat. Rohit Sharma will return to India’s playing eleven in the second test while Shubman Gill has also recovered from injury and started training.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 29, 2024, 1:32 PM IST