Team India are currently involved in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy series against the Australian national cricket team. The first two games of the BGT series ended in favour of the hosts as they won both games in a convincing manner.
India won the Test opener in Nagpur by an innings and 132 runs before going on to win the second Test by six wickets at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. However, the Aussies cracked the code in the third Test match as they went on to win the Indore Test match by nine wickets to stay alive in the series.
The fourth and final Test between India and Australia will begin on March 9, Thursday at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. It will be quite interesting to see how the hosts will respond after losing the third Test.
They will have to win the BGT series by an optimal margin of 3-1 to secure their spot in the ICC WTC Final. In fact, Aussies have already qualified for the WTC Final by winning the Indore Test match.
Indian batters should have played a few Ranji games ahead of Australia Tests: Gautam Gambhir
Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer, Gautam Gambhir had a message for the Indian batsmen while speaking to Sports Tak. The former Indian opening batsman echoed that the Indian batters should have played a few Ranji Trophy games ahead of the Test series against Australia.
Gambhir’s comments have gone viral on the internet, with social media users coming up with their views and opinions. The former cricketer’s remarks have come after India lost the third Test match in Indore recently.
Indian batters failed to tackle the spin challenge as the batters fell prey to Australian spinners, more often than not in both innings. Meanwhile, the fans are looking forward to the fourth Test match in Ahmedabad which will go all guns blazing tomorrow.
In ranji they don't prepare the pitch where ball started to turn from session one'
— Prasun Jha (@jprasun21) March 8, 2023
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Why doesn't he mention the name that ROHIT, PUJARA, VIRAT AND RAHUL should play Ranji games? If these guys will play some domestic, youngsters like Yashashvi, Sarfaraz, Mayank & Prithvi may get a chance, else these guys will get no chance till next 4-5 years.
— Advocate Drishti Thakkar (@Populardrishti) March 8, 2023
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They are stars
In Subcontinent it is difficult that stars comeback to domestic and perform. There are difference of rules for stars and normal players— Sports.world (@moiz_sports) March 8, 2023
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Superstar celebrity batsmen don't even play international matches regularly due to workload management, let alone Ranji matches. After ODI WC, they will stop playing ODIs, reasoning that they're prepping for T20WC now.
— Neelabh Pratap Singh🇮🇳 (@authorneelabh) March 8, 2023
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They know if they play ranji and their current form will be visible there then their place will be questioned in the national squad
— Akhilesh Verma (@akhileshvt74) March 8, 2023
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2-2 will be a good result for team India's future..else they will play for years grabbing chances of performing youngsters like Sanju samson, Prithvi Shah…
— dashariv (@dashariv) March 8, 2023
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Nothing much but India wanted that 4-0 they would have but
India will be happy with 3-1 if we win the last one 😏— H I M A N S H U (@himro45) March 8, 2023
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He is right , but the fact that everyone wants to play Every format, advertise every product, apart from jaddu n pujji no one played
— MN KEERTHAN (@mnkeeru18) March 8, 2023
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They are over confident
— Ganesh Namburi (@GaneshC62660412) March 8, 2023
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Agreed.
— Florida woman 💀 (@NucleusDevi) March 8, 2023
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Good
— 𝐌𝐦𝐜🏌️ (@MaheshAneNenu_) March 8, 2023
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absolutely
— theraton bharucha (@theraton1234) March 8, 2023
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