Border Gavaskar Trophy IND vs AUS 2023: It is very important for any Test team to have a strong middle order batting. After the middle order batting is strong, any team can make big scores in Test matches. If this does not happen then there is always pressure on the opener and lower order batsmen of the team, which affects the performance of the team. If you look at the middle order batting in the Indian Test team, it would seem that who else can be a better player than this.
Cheteshwar Pujara bats mostly at number 3 and Virat Kohli at number 4 in Test matches for India. Both these senior players are among the great Test batsmen of the world, but for the last few matches, their bat is absolutely calm. His figures in the last few matches confirm this.
Pujara and Kohli’s bad form
Cheteshwar Pujara is called the next wall of the Indian Test team after Rahul Dravid, but in the last 15 Tests, he has scored runs at an average of only 31. During this, Pujara has played century innings only once and half-century innings five times.
On the other hand, if we talk about former Indian captain and current player Virat Kohli, his condition is worse than Pujara. There was a time when Virat Kohli’s bat used to score back-to-back centuries and double centuries in Test matches, but now it is not so. Virat has scored runs in the last 15 Tests at an average of only 26. During this, Virat Kohli has scored only 3 half-centuries and did not play a century innings even once.
Virat’s bad form was continuing for the last several years, but he has recently made a tremendous comeback in white ball cricket. In ODIs and T20s, Virat has definitely scored 4 centuries in the last few months, but his form in Tests is still far from him.
Runs were not scored even in Nagpur Test
In the first innings of the Nagpur Test between India and Australia, Virat Kohli scored only 12 runs in 26 balls. However, he had hit two fine fours, seeing which it seemed that he had brought form in the Test as well. At the same time, Pujara was also able to score only 7 runs in the first innings of the Nagpur Test and due to this the batting of the Indian team once again came into trouble. Now it has to be seen whether these two players are able to score runs in the second innings and second match.
