Gautam Gambhir has backed the Indian opener KL Rahul in the upcoming test matches against Australia. He believes that every player goes through a dry spell and he will overcome it in the future.
Pat Cummins will lead Australia during the three matches, while experienced batters David Warner, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne are also expected to feature.
India displayed some progress against Ireland with 41 dots in their innings of 155 for 6, powered by Smriti Mandhana's T20I career-best score of 87, after facing 51 dot balls in their loss to Group B leaders England on Sunday
Star Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja bagged the 'Player of the match' award for his stellar show. The southpaw picked up 10 wickets in the match and also scored 26 runs with the bat.
The former India captain shared a congratulatory tweet after the hosts secured a six-wicket win on the third day of the Delhi Test helping them take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023.
India were in trouble at 139/7 when Ashwin walked into bat with Axar at the other end, trailing the visitors by 124 runs. The duo stitched a 114-run stand for the eighth wicket helping the hosts recover in the first inning.
As the Test match got over with two days to spare so players decided to spend their time with their families and they are heading to their homes now and will join the squad again in Indore on 25th February.
India struggled to chase down 115 at times, but the score was never particularly dangerous because of Pujara's unbeaten 31, who carried the home team to victory.
Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin struck a 114-run partnership bailed India out of trouble in the first innings of the second Test match being played here at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi with the team conceding just one run lead to Australia.
Axar Patel was involved in a crucial 114-run partnership with Ravichandran Ashwin which helped India reach a respectable total in the first innings and that denied Australia a big first-innings lead
A 114-run partnership bailed India out of trouble in the first innings of the second Test match being played here at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi with the team conceding just one run lead to Australia