KL Rahul or Shubman Gill The third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will be played from March 1 at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. It will be interesting to see who the Indian team will try out of KL Rahul or Shubman Gill.
The third Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy begins on Wednesday, but the big question is who among KL Rahul and Shubman Gill will open the innings for India. When out-of-form KL Rahul and Shubman Gill turned up for practice at the Holkar Stadium on Monday, the team management gave them a level playing field.
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Both were seen batting together at the nets. At the same time, Virat Kohli himself got Gill practiced at slip. When Rahul plays, he fields at slip only. Team India has an optional practice on Tuesday. Today was the last practice for the entire team before the start of the third Test, so the team management wanted to see who would be better between Gill and KL.
Gill-Rahul practiced together
Shubman started batting practice even before the practice of the team started. At the same time, the players of the rest of the team were playing football. After this, when practice started on the nets, Gill kept batting for the longest time. KL Rahul was also seen vying with Gill in the nets to improve his batting.
After six days of rest, the entire Indian team came together to practice on the field on Monday. Team India reached Indore two days ago, but captain Rohit Sharma joined the team on Monday. After the warm-up, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli batted first in the nets. During this, coaches Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma were also seen discussing. The discussion has intensified on taking Shubman in the playing XI in place of Rahul, who is constantly struggling for form.
Australian batsmen practice traditional shots
The Australian team seemed keen to learn from their mistakes in their three-plus-hour training session. Instead of sweeping the ball, Steve Smith and his men attempted a front-foot defence, mainly against the spinners, in addition to playing forward shots. Smith and Usman Khawaja were the first to enter the nets and batted for over an hour against Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhneman.
Lyon troubled both Khawaja and Smith while both looked determined to strengthen their defence. Most of the big shots were played on the inexperienced Kuhneman.
confused about the pitch
The spinner-friendly pitches in the Nagpur and Delhi Tests did not last even five days. Now the pitch of Holkar Stadium is also being kept 'hidden'. Confusion remains whether the Test will be on a red clay pitch or a black clay pitch. The center wicket has both red and black clay pitches.
Earlier news was coming that the match would be played on a red clay pitch, which has extra bounce. The pitch with black soil was covered during the day on Monday, but there was light rolling and sprinkling of water on the pitch near it. Along with the captains of both the teams, coach Rahul Dravid also inspected the center pitch.
