“Ravi bhai, would you go with Kuldeep Yadav,” Dinesh Karthik requested his commentary associate on-air on day two of the fourth India-Australia Test in Ahmedabad. His query to Ravi Shastri was whether or not Kuldeep Yadav would play within the collection for India if he was there as India’s head coach.
“Very quick. But if it wasn’t for Axar’s batting, this series would have looked very different. India needed strength in their batting and they got it. Had it not been for his innings in Delhi, India would not have been 2-0 And his innings in Kanpur,” replied the previous India coach.
Akshar scored 84 within the first innings of the Nagpur Test to assist India win by an innings and 132 runs, whereas his 74 towards the autumn of the primary innings of the Delhi Test helped India win by six wickets and retain the Border saved. Gavaskar Trophy for the fourth time in a row.
Akshar has been India’s second-highest run-scorer within the Test collection up to now, however his share within the variety of wickets is just one. On the opposite hand, Ravindra Jadeja (22) is the very best wicket-taker within the collection and Ravichandran Ashwin (19) is joint second.
Shastri additional mentioned on Akshar’s bowling, ‘You couldn’t use him (within the collection) earlier. Because the ball was turning. Then Ashwin and Jadeja turn out to be your major bowlers. But right here you want it. And he has carried out a very good job.
In his 20 overs until lunch on the second day, Axar remained wicketless however managed solely 24 runs. Australia scored 92 runs within the first session on Friday with Usman Khawaja (150) and Cameron Green (95) sharing the very best partnership of the collection up to now.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
