Virat Kohli’s recurrent failures in dealing with the off-side deliveries have also put the support staff of Team India under the scanner. Gautam Gambhir is the head coach of the team but has variety in terms of Ryan Ten Doeschate, Abhishek Nayar and Morne Morkel for other roles. It has, however, not been defined as India’s batting coach. Kohli was again dismissed while trying to chase an outside-off delivery; now, firing, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar placed the ‘batting coach’himself.
“I guess now the time has come to examine the working of a batting coach in the Indian set-up. Why teaching some basic technical faults to certain Indian batters has remained unresolved for so long,” wrote Sanjay Manjrekar on X (formerly Twitter).
Even fans in the comment section questioned who India’s batting coach is, wondering whether the role is being fulfilled by Gambhir or Nayar.
Continuing to haunt Indian batters are the nightmares learned in Adelaide, of which Starc is the chief architect in the Australian pace attack.
His first victim of the day was Yashasvi Jaiswal, a player he has created some animosity over since the Perth Test. It was a close call on the golden duck, as the young left Indian stole boundary after edging the ball with Starc retaliating as he swung a ball and used the scrambled seam delivery with his efficacy.
Caught and bowled, Mitchell Marsh with the Indian’s chip straight into his hands brought about the fall of the day’s first fresh wicket. Yashasvi Jaiswal’s name is that of the one Indian player who became his first victim for the day followed by Shubman Gill (1), who was sent back cheaply after he edged toward Marsh, who also took a flight and snaffled it with both hands.
Virat Kohli (3) soon joined the company of the duo after being tempted by Hazlewood to chase the outside off delivery and edge it away towards the wicketkeeper.
