KL Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran flopped badly in Australia, Team India's worries increased before BGT
India A vs Australia A, 2nd unofficial Test: Rahul scored only four runs in the first innings of this match. In the second innings, he returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs off 44 balls. Easwaran was out on a duck in the first innings and scored only 17 runs in the second innings.
India A and Australia A are playing a two-match unofficial Test series. The second match of this series is being played at the historic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). India A is in bad shape in this match and the team seems to be getting wiped out in the series.
The Indian team has to play the 5-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) against Australia later this month. Keeping this in mind, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) included star players KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, and Dhruv Jurel in this unofficial Test match. Through this Test match, it is believed that these players would gain experience of the bouncy pitch of Australia and through this, the team would benefit in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Contrary to expectation, just the reverse has happened. Openers K L Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran proved to be a complete flop in this unofficial Test. However, Dhruv Jurel has performed well in the Test.
In this match, Rahul scored only four runs in the first innings. In the second innings, he went back to the pavilion after 10 runs off 44 balls. Easwaran had gotten out on a duck in the first innings and scored only 17 runs in the second innings. A result of the above was that the Indian batting faltered in the second innings and by the time of writing the news, they had lost 5 wickets for just 60 runs.
Dhruv Jurel has performed brilliantly in this match so far. In the first innings, he batted brilliantly and scored 86 runs. In the second innings, he is still at the crease after scoring 15 runs. Jurel is not the Indian team's first choice as a wicketkeeper. But seeing his performance, Team India can give him a place in the playing 11 as a batsman in place of Sarfaraz Khan.
There is suspense over captain Rohit Sharma's playing in the first test match to be played against Australia in Perth on November 22. In such a situation, one of Rahul and Ishwaran will start the innings. But both the batsmen were seen struggling on the bouncy pitch here. In such a situation, this is a big matter of concern for the Indian team.
