New Delhi: The fourth Boxing Day Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne from 26 December. In the update released before this match, it was told that Indian captain Rohit Sharma can be seen playing his old position i.e. opening. In the three Test matches played so far, KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been seen opening the innings. So will Indian captain KL Rahul be dropped from the playing eleven if he plays as an opener?
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According to the media, it was told that Rohit Sharma can be seen opening in the Boxing Day Test. In such a situation, KL Rahul can be seen batting at number three. The Indian captain has flopped in both the tests of the series so far. At the same time, runs have come from the bat of KL Rahul, who played as an opener. Rahul has scored 235 runs at an average of 47.00 while batting in 6 innings of three Test matches of the series. He is the highest run scorer for India in the series. Rohit Sharma was not available in the first Test of the series played in Perth, in his absence KL Rahul was seen opening.
Rohit Sharma flopped in test this year
Even after the return of Rohit Sharma, Rahul took the responsibility of opening in the next two tests. No official information has been revealed yet regarding Rohit Sharma opening in the Boxing Day Test. Rohit Sharma has played 13 test matches so far in 2024. In these matches he has scored 607 runs at an average of 26.39. In the last 13 innings, Rohit has scored 152 runs at an average of less than 12. Now it will be interesting to see how Rohit Sharma performs in the Boxing Day Test.
Possible playing eleven of Team India
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Prasidh Krishna, Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep. Also read…
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