With the Border-Gavaskar
series having gone out of the hand now, the Indian team management might like
to play a few fringe players in Sydney. The guys who are in contention are
Suresh Raina, the middle order batsman who is considered ODI and T20 specialist,
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the bowling all rounder who has been injured recently and
Varun Aaron, the fast bowler who had not played the last game because of a
family tragedy.
KL Rahul, the Karnataka boy
who had appeared in test match cricket for the first time in Melbourne and had
got out playing shocking shots in both the innings, might also be retained as
the Indian team management believes he is a good player and those shots that he
went for there at the G was only because of the nervousness. If Rahul and Raina
both play, it’s more than likely that Shikhar Dhawan would miss out and that
might well be the end of the test career of the left handed opener.
Dhawan has repeatedly failed
on overseas grounds, barring New Zealand. His technical issues don’t let him
survive against the new ball. And, because of the fact that he gets out early
almost all the time, India’s no. 3 gets to face the new ball which starts the
collapse. So, getting rid of Dhawan is perhaps the right idea for the Indian
team management.
It remains to be seen if
Cheteshwar Pujara, who had batted at no. 6 in the second innings in Melbourne,
gets back to his original no. 3 position or not. If Rahul opens, then, Pujara
would surely have to bat one down as Raina is probably not good enough to bat
in the top order in test matches and India would not like to change Ajinkya
Rahane’s batting slot as he is doing so well there.
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