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Team India captain Rohit Sharma can be seen opening the innings once again in the third Test match starting from December 14 at the Gabba ground in Brisbane. Rohit Sharma could not play the first Test of the series, where in his absence Jasprit Bumrah captained the side and KL Rahul opened the innings. The way KL Rahul batted in the Perth Test, he got a chance to open again for the day-night Test match played in Adelaide, while captain Rohit Sharma returned to the team and entered the middle order.
Team India is busy preparing for the Brisbane Test and during this time Rohit was seen practicing with the new ball in the nets, after which there are speculations that only Rohit can open the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal in Brisbane. .
Rohit has played a total of 65 test matches for India and during this period he has scored 4279 runs in his account. Rohit has scored a total of 12 test centuries. Talking about opening, Rohit has opened the innings in 42 Test matches and during this period his average has been around 44, while at number 6 his average has been around 50. Rohit has spent three decades batting at number 6, while opening the batting, he has 9 Test centuries to his credit. Talking about captaincy, Rohit’s figures have been quite average.
India has played a total of 22 test matches under the captaincy of Rohit. Rohit’s batting has been quite average during his captaincy. He has scored only 1973 runs in 22 Test matches at a modest average of 32.42. As captain, Rohit has scored only four Test centuries with the bat. Rohit opening would mean that KL Rahul can once again come to bat in the middle order. If Rohit and Yashasvi Jaiswal open, then Shubman Gill at number three and Virat Kohli at number four are almost certain to come and by sending KL Rahul at number five, Rishabh Pant can be dropped at number six.