Indian cricket workforce captain Rohit Sharma© AFP
Indian cricket workforce skipper Rohit Sharma joined an embarrassing checklist as his aspect slumped to a 10-wicket defeat towards Australia within the pink-ball Test in Adelaide on Sunday. The guests had been utterly outplayed because the match lasted for simply seven periods and it was Rohit’s fourth consecutive Test defeat as captain. As a end result, he equalled the undesirable feat achieved up to now by MS Dhoni, Datta Gaekwad and Kapil Dev. During his stint as captain, Sachin Tendulkar misplaced 5 Test matches on the trot whereas legendary cricketer MAK Pataudi is on the high of the checklist with six defeats as captain in Test cricket.
Indian cricket workforce skippers who’ve misplaced 4 or extra Test matches in a row
6 MAK Pataudi (1967-68)
5 Sachin Tendulkar (1999-00)
4 Datta Gaekwad (1959)
4 MS Dhoni (2011)
4 MS Dhoni (2014)
4 Virat Kohli (2020-21)
4 Rohit Sharma (2024)*
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s endless technical issues towards each tempo and spin has set the alarm bells ringing as Indian batters capitulated twice in simply 81 overs to lose the ‘pink ball’ Test towards Australia by a complete 10-wicket margin on the third day.
Australia maintained their unblemished report in day/evening Tests and levelled the five-match sequence 1-1, bouncing again in model after their Perth debacle.
It was shortest-ever Test between India and Australia when it comes to balls bowled. Only 1031 balls had been bowled out of a doable 2700 authorized deliveries.
Starting the day at 128 for five, Nitish Kumar Reddy’s (42) cavalier method prevented a second successive innings defeat underneath lights at Adelaide as India had been bowled out for 175.
Australia wanted to attain simply 19 runs and so they accomplished the formalities in simply 3.2 overs.
India’s second innings lasted solely 36.5 overs, with skipper Pat Cummins utilizing the quick ball successfully to assert 5 for 57. Scott Boland (3/51) inflicted early injury, whereas Mitchell Starc (2/60) chipped in with essential wickets.
Such was the dominance of the three premier Australian quicks that Cummins did not even want Mitchell Marsh and Nathan Lyon to roll their arms within the second innings.
In reality, the specialist spinner and all-rounder bowled simply 5 overs between them in the complete sport.
After a facile 295-run win in Perth, Indian batting unit will not be too amused to be taught that they survived a complete of 81 overs throughout each innings, which is not even an entire day of Test match batting.
(With PTI inputs)
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