India reveals its lineup for the Adelaide test
Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, and Prithvi Shaw will represent India in the Adelaide Test. Umesh Yadav will be the third fast bowler. These were the main questions India asked itself two days before the Test: whether to continue supporting the extravagant Shaw, whether to play with a spinner and persist with the safer option of Ashwin, and which of the wicketkeepers to choose. On the eve of the day-night Test, they resolved all the confusion by naming the XI. Shaw had been under pressure, with Shubman Gill performing better in the two tour matches, impressing cricket legends. However, Shaw was the starting opener and proved in a four-run innings in New Zealand that he can be destructive. Despite this, the technical team decided to maintain continuity in the alignment.
In the case of the wicketkeeper, India left out the regular Pant, who has been preferred over Saha in Tests outside of Asia, where most of the wicketkeeping work is done standing up. The technical team seems to have decided that the pink ball does a lot and will require a more established pure goalkeeper. Yadav was the favorite to be India’s third fast bowler, replacing the injured Ishant Sharma. Not only does he have Test experience, this is his fourth tour of Australia, but he also impressed in the only warm-up match he played, taking 3 for 48 and 1 for 14 and also scoring useful runs in the lower order.It’s reasonable to play Ashwin, but this time, it could have been argued that a spinner shouldn’t be played in the opening match of the series because, in day-night Tests in Australia, spinners have averaged 49 despite Lyon’s superlative average of 25 in these matches.
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India Lineup:
- Mayank Agarwal
- Prithvi Shaw
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- Virat Kohli (c)
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Hanuma Vihari
- Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
- R Ashwin
- Umesh Yadav
- Mohammed Shami
- Jasprit Bumrah
