When Team India was announced for the Border-Gavaskar Test series, Rituraj Gaikwad was not included in it, after which the fans created a lot of uproar on social media. Everyone said that Gaikwad should have got a chance in the Test series against Australia as the third opener. But now Team India’s decision to keep Gaikwad out is proving to be right because Gaikwad seems to be continuously failing on Australian soil. Gaikwad is currently captaining India A and he failed in both the innings of the first unofficial Test against its A team in Australia.
Rituraj Gaikwad failed again
Ruturaj Gaikwad also failed in the second innings of the ongoing first unofficial test in Mackay. Gaikwad could play only 6 balls in the second innings and only 5 runs came from his bat. Gaikwad was dismissed on the very first ball in the first innings. Gaikwad is not looking comfortable on the bouncy and fast pitches of Australia and that is why his bat is not working.
Ball By Ball Highlights of Ruturaj Gaikwad’s innings of 5(6) Vs Australia-A. pic.twitter.com/Y2mxoMaNXi
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Abhimanyu also did not go
Not only Gaikwad, Abhimanyu Easwaran, who scored century after century in Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy, also failed in the first unofficial test. Easwaran could score only 7 runs in the first innings and this player could score only 12 runs in the second innings. However, in the second innings, Easwaran became the victim of excellent fielding. Buckingham ran him out. By the way, till the end of the second day’s play, Sai Sudarshan and Devdutt Padikkal definitely remained on the pitch. Sudarshan is unbeaten on 48 runs and Padikkal has scored 38 not out. The pitch has improved on the second day, now it remains to be seen whether India A will be able to win the match.
Mukesh Kumar showed his magic
Fast bowler Mukesh Kumar bowled amazingly in the first innings. This player took 6 wickets for just 46 runs in the first innings. Prasidh Krishna also took 3 wickets.
