Sourav Ganguly on Rishabh Pant: The final match of the World Test Championship between India and Australia continues at The Oval. After losing the toss, Australia’s team scored 469 runs thanks to centuries from Travis Head and Steve Smith, in response to which Rohit Sharma-led team India was reduced to just 296 runs. In this way, the Kangaroos got a lead of 173 runs on the basis of the first innings. Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur played half-century innings for India. Apart from this, other batsmen including Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli disappointed. Ajinkya Rahane scored the highest 89 runs, while Shardul Thakur made an important contribution of 51 runs.
‘Indian team badly missing wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant’
Meanwhile, Sourav Ganguly, former Indian captain and doing commentary in the World Test Championship final, has given a big statement. Sourav Ganguly said that the Indian team is missing wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant badly. At the same time, he said that Rishabh Pant is an important member of the Indian team, but he is not playing in the World Test Championship final against Australia, due to which Team India is suffering. According to the former Indian captain, the Indian team is missing Rishabh Pant badly.
Ganguly said “India is missing Rishabh Pant who is a very important member of this team”. pic.twitter.com/PGtVUiCGei
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Team India’s batsmen’s poor performance in the first innings
Let us tell that after losing the toss, Australia scored 469 runs after coming out to bat first. In response to which India’s first innings was reduced to 296 runs. In this way, Australia got a lead of 173 runs on the basis of first innings. Ajinkya Rahane scored the highest 89 runs for India. Apart from Ajinkya Rahane, Shardul Thakur crossed the fifty-run mark. Captain Pat Cummins took the most 3 wickets for Australia. At the same time, Mitchell Starc, Scott Bowland and Cameron Green took 2-2 wickets.
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