Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Chhateshwar Pujara are the key players for Team India’s batting order in Tests. Team India’s chances of success depend on the score made by these super seniors. But this is just a myth. In fact, they are not carrying the batting load of Team India… Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja…
In the Nagpur Test, Rohit Sharma burst onto the scene with a century at Taparder, but by the time he was dismissed, Team India were leading by just 52 runs. After Rohit’s dismissal, Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel’s half-centuries gave the Indian team a huge lead of 223 runs and a huge victory by an innings of 132 runs…
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Since 2020, Ravindra Jadeja has scored 775 runs in Tests at an average of 40.79. He took 41 wickets at an average of 22.66. These runs scored by Ravindra Jadeja in the lower order… came when they were in trouble after losing crucial wickets for a short score…
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Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 98 wickets in Tests since 2020. Moreover, he also scored 712 runs with the bat. No all-rounder in the world has taken 90+ wickets and scored 500+ runs in these two years.
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Akshar Patel, who made his international debut in 2021, is also doing well with an all-round show. Akshar Patel, who has taken 48 Test wickets so far, has scored more than 400 runs at an average of 32. Akshar Patel is the only batsman to score 50+ twice in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023 tournament..
Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel
Where senior batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Chhateshwar Pujara are failing in the top order, they are not only scoring valuable runs with the bat in the middle order but also taking wickets with the ball… Ashwin, Akshar Patel and Jadeja have become the backbone of Team India and the trinity in Tests..
