Border Gavaskar Trophy: Four Test matches between India and Australia will start from February 9 in the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
The Test series between India and Australia will start from February 9. India are looking to leave no stone unturned to win the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Spin bowling will be the biggest challenge for the Indian batsmen to win this series. This remains a puzzle for Indian batsmen on Asian pitches.
Virat Kohli has been plagued by poor average form for a long time now. He also appeared to struggle against spin. Since 2021, Kohli has played 16 innings in nine matches on Asian pitches. Kohli reached the pavilion 11 times because of the spinners. His average was 22.
Ravindra Jadeja has the best average against spin bowlers. He played only 3 matches last year due to injury. In that he fell victim to the spinner only once in 5 innings. His average was 139.
Shreyas Iyer has played seven matches on the Asian pitch in the last two years. He fell to the spinner six times in 12 innings in these seven matches. His average stood at 68.6. Gill was dismissed 7 times and his average was 38.6.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma also played six matches from the year 2021. In these six matches, he averaged 38.3 runs. In this sequence, he was dismissed by the spinners 6 times. Pujara has been hit by spin bowlers many times. In the last two years, the spinners were dismissed 11 times and the average was 30.
Indian all rounders R Ashwin and Akshar Patel will not be easy to face the spinners. In the last two years, Ashwin was dismissed 11 times and Akshar 8 times on Asian pitches. The average of both was around 25.
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