Indian Team’s Mistakes In WTC Final Day 1: The final match of the World Test Championship between India and Australia is being played at the Oval in London. On the very first day, the Australian team has strengthened its hold on the match. Batting first, Australia put 327 runs on the board for 3 wickets by the end of the day. In this, left-handed kangaroo batsman Travis Head has scored the most unbeaten 146 runs. From the beginning of this match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma made some big mistakes.
won the toss and chose to bowl
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss in the match and chose to bowl first. He took this decision considering the condition, but after some time Rohit Sharma’s decision backfired on him. The Indian captain had chosen bowling after seeing the cloudy skies, but after some time the sun shone and there was a big change in the batting condition. Many cricket veterans were also surprised by this decision of Rohit Sharma. Team India has so far decided to bowl in 57 Test matches, in which they have got only 9 wins.
Ashwin was not made a part of the playing XI
While choosing the playing XI, Rohit Sharma decided to field four pacers in the team. Seeing the condition of green pitch and weather, he included four pacers in the team. But after some time the sun came out. Only one spin in the form of Ravindra Jadeja was included in the playing eleven of the Indian team.
Everyone was surprised by the decision to drop Ashwin from the team. It is being said that the pitch will get drier as the game progresses, which will prove to be helpful for the spinners. In such a situation, the team will miss Ashwin.
Attacking bowling was not done on Travis Head and Smith
The Indian team gave the third blow to Australia by dismissing Marnus Labushne on the first ball (24.1) of the second session after lunch. After this, a total of 85 overs were bowled till the end of the day and Team India could not take the fourth wicket of the opposition team. When Travis Head and Steve Smith were getting set at the crease, Rohit Sharma did not use attacking bowling against them and this cost them dearly.
Both the batsmen played good innings after being set. At the end of the day, Travis Head returned unbeaten on 146 and Steve Smith scored 95 runs. Both have also shared a partnership of 251* runs for the fourth wicket together.
How can return?
At the beginning of the second day, the Indian team will first have to break the partnership of Steve Smith and Travis Head and Australia will have to be all out on a low score as soon as possible. If Team India stops Australia within 400 runs, then they can return to the match by batting well. However, to make a comeback, Team India will have to bowl well on the second day as well as bat well.
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