The Indian team has already lost 2 matches and is trailing 0-2 in the series. Because of this, we had to lose the Test series at home after 12 years. If there is defeat in the third match also, then after 24 years, Team India will get a clean sweep at home. Apart from this, the path to the final of the World Test Championship will also become difficult. In such a situation, there is pressure on captain Rohit Sharma to win the Mumbai Test at any cost. Therefore, after the fall of two wickets in the last session on the first day of this match, he sent Mohammad Siraj to bat as a nightwatchman. Due to his decision, Ashwin had to bat at number 10 for the first time in his 13-year-old Test career.
Batting at number 10 for the first time
Rohit Sharma wanted to keep the main batsmen safe in the last few overs of the first day. That’s why he promoted Siraj at number 4. However, his decision did not benefit the team. He was out on the very first ball without opening the account. Shortly after his departure, Virat Kohli also ran out and threw away his wicket. Sundar also batted before Ashwin. Because of this, Ashwin, who made his Test debut in 2011, lost 2 places.
Ashwin usually comes to bat at number 8 after Jadeja. But in the first innings of Mumbai Test, he got a chance to bat at number 10. He batted at this number for the first time in his career of 105 Test matches and could score only 6 runs in 10 balls. Earlier, his lowest batting position was number 9, where he has batted in 20 innings.
Such is the record at number 8
Ashwin has usually been batting at number 8 in his Test career, where he has got a lot of success. At this number, he has scored 1977 runs in 83 innings at an average of 26. During this period he has also scored 4 centuries and 7 half-centuries. Ashwin has also batted well at number 6. On this number, he has scored 531 runs at an average of 35.40, which includes 2 centuries.
