After the win in the MCG Test, Virat Kohli-led Indian cricket team
will walk out at the Sydney Cricket Ground aiming to clinch the series
3-1. The bowling attack looks in fine rhythm and there have been
consistent performances by Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, and an
impressive Mayank Agarwal.
Australia, on the other hand, will be under pressure and as such need to get their combinations right for the Sydney Test. However, not everything is as cozy for Kohli’s men
The
middle and lower order have not been in the best of forms in the recent
past and if Pujara and Kohli fail to click, India can find themselves
in a pickle. India’s lower middle-order (5th to 8th position) had the
second-worst average in 2018.
India
average a meagre 23.47 in 2018 which makes it their worst in a year
since 2011 (21.88). Also, India’s lower middle-order (numbers 5 to 8)
have registered nine ducks in away Tests in 2018, which is the
joint-second most in a year.
One
of the reasons for these numbers could be the constant chopping and
changing which has been done to the players in these positions. India
have used the most number of players between numbers 5 and 8. They have
used as many as 14 years which is comfortably more than Sri Lanka, which
has used 11 players in these positions
Australia, on the other hand, will be under pressure and as such need to get their combinations right for the Sydney Test. However, not everything is as cozy for Kohli’s men
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