Border Gavaskar Series IND vs AUS : The 2024-25 edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is scheduled to begin on November 22 in Perth. India has won the last four Test series against Australia, two of which were played on Australian soil, the Indian team will be eyeing a hat-trick by winning this series. After losing the home series against New Zealand, India would like to win the series 4-1 to secure their place in the World Test Championship final, although winning 4 matches against Australia will not be easy for India, But India has some strong players with whose help this can be possible.
The performance of these 5 Indian players will be in focus in BGT:
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1.Yashasvi Jaiswal : The 22-year-old opening batsman, playing in his first Border-Gavaskar Trophy, can prove to be one of the key players for India. As far as India’s top four in Tests are concerned, only Jaiswal has looked in form. This year has been very special for Yashasvi Jaiswal.
The 22-year-old opening batsman has played 11 Tests so far in 2024 and scored 1119 runs, the most after England’s Joe Root. Jaiswal has scored these runs at an average of 55.95 and strike rate of 76.64. Jaiswal has scored 7 half-centuries and 2 centuries during this period. Jaiswal also knows very well how to change his pace according to the situation. This young man who is in excellent form will have the responsibility of starting a good innings, while this batsman can be seen playing a big role against Australia.
Talking about Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Test career, he played 14 Test matches (10 at home), in these 14 matches he scored 1407 runs at an average of 56.28 and this included 3 centuries, 2 double centuries and 8 fifties. His 902 runs have come against spin at an average of 75.16, and 505 runs have come against the seam at an average of 38.84.
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2. Rishabh Pant : Rishabh Pant is a batsman against whom the Australian players were the first to start making strategies. As much as they fear Rishabh, they also like him. They like Pant’s batting and talking style very much. This series will be Pant’s third Test series in Australia. Rishabh Pant will be responsible for maintaining the middle order.
Pant loves playing against Australia. Rishabh has played 7 matches against Australia in which he has scored 624 runs at an average of 62.40. In 2019, Rishabh Pant scored a brilliant 159 runs in 189 balls at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). After this, in the next tour he scored 97 runs on only 118 balls at the same venue. During the fourth and final Test of India’s tour of Australia at Gabba on January 19, 2021, Pant chased the target of 328 runs. Played one of the most iconic innings in Test cricket history,
He scored an unbeaten 89 off 138 balls on the fifth day, leading India to a historic win at the Gabba, the venue where Australia had been undefeated in Tests for 32 years.
3. Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli will enter this test series like a hungry lion. That hunger to score runs in him will also be visible in his game. Kohli, who has been one of India’s main batsmen for more than a decade, has been struggling with poor form in Test cricket for some time. In the 6 matches he has played this year, his average has been only 22.72.
Even in the series that India lost against New Zealand, he was able to score only 93 runs. But his stance against Australia will be different, he will be seen in a new form. He has scored runs at an impressive average of 54.08 in the four tours of Australia which includes 6 centuries and 4 fifties.
Veteran Sunil Gavaskar also expressed confidence in Virat Kohli and said “Last time in the Adelaide Test, when the entire Indian team was out for 36 runs in the second innings, as far as I remember Kohli had scored more than 70 runs in the first innings before being run out.”
He said, “Apart from this, he has always scored runs in Adelaide. He scored his best Test century in Perth in 2018-19. One of his greatest test centuries. These innings will give him extra confidence. He needs luck in the beginning and if he gets a good start, he will play big innings.
4. Mohammad Siraj: That inning of Rishabh at the Gabba of 2021 has been one of the most brilliant innings in Test history, no cricket fan can forget it, due to which India chased 328 runs, but Siraj’s 5 wickets also played an important role in that historic victory. Had played. His performance came at a time when he had lost his father.
He took 5 wickets in the second innings. Recently, Siraj’s performance in the Test series has not been so special, he has taken only 6 wickets in the Bangladesh and New Zealand series, so he will try to leave a big impression against Australia.
5. Jasprit Bumrah: Bumrah, who is captaining the Test match for the first time in the absence of Rohit Sharma, will have a lot of responsibilities this time. Australia’s pitch is more bouncy and will generate more bounce, hence fast bowlers will be used more. The responsibility of leading the pace department will be on Bumrah but Bumrah knows how to use these opportunities well.
His spell will make a big difference against Australia. Bumrah, playing his third Border Gavaskar Series, has taken 32 wickets in only 7 Test matches in Australia.
After Perth, the next four matches will be held in Adelaide (6-10 December), Brisbane (14-18 December), Melbourne (26-30 December) and Sydney (3-7 January, 2025).
