NEW DELHI: Former cricket participant Sanjay Manjrekar provided his opinions on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli claiming that they’ve handed their prime within the longest format of the sport forward of the extremely anticipated Border Gavaskar Trophy between Australia and India.
On November 22, Australia and India will play their first Take a look at match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-2025 collection in Perth.
India has taken again the lead within the collection towards Australia over time.India has gained the final 4 collection it has performed towards Australia, together with two victories there within the 2018-19 and 2020-21 campaigns.
On account of this, India has been way more profitable than Australia within the collection, with India profitable the BGT ten instances to Australia’s 5. Australia’s final collection victory occurred within the 2014-15 marketing campaign. They have not gained a collection in India since 2004-05.
“It could be a troublesome one. Virat and Rohit, each aren’t of their prime, they aren’t on the peak of their powers to be honest and others like Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubhman Gill need to rise to the event. Rishabh Pant is the one one which I really feel is in his prime and an important participant,” Manjrekar mentioned whereas talking on SportifyWithPRG.
Within the simply concluded two-match Take a look at collection towards Bangladesh, Kohli managed to attain simply 99 runs at a mean of 24.75 in 4 innings, whereas Rohit managed to attain simply 42 runs at a mean of 10.05.
The cricketer-turned-commentator additionally spoke about India’s bowling, saying, “India is sorted … As for the Australians, the aura and skill that they had previously, the place each recreation they performed, they had been like champions, isn’t there anymore.”
The second Take a look at, scheduled for December 6 to 10 at Adelaide Oval, will likely be within the day-night format. The Gabba in Brisbane will host the third Take a look at, which will likely be held from December 14 to 18.
The customary Boxing Day Take a look at is about for December 26 to 30 on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
The fifth and ultimate Take a look at will happen on the Sydney Cricket Floor from January 3 to 7.
