Rohit Sharma, captain of India’s cricket team, had no choice but to fume when opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal delayed their otherwise-smooth departure from Adelaide, as per Sports Tak. Just when the team was ready to go to Brisbane ahead of the team’s third Test match, Jaiswal was nowhere to be found in the team hotel lobby, and the bus left without him. Captain Rohit Sharma and coach Gautam Gambhir waited for the young batter in the team bus before heading off after a while. Jaiswal arrived at the lobby 20 minutes late and had to get into a separate hotel vehicle to go to the airport.
Scheduled to take a 10 AM flight to Brisbane, the Indian cricket team was all set to check out by 8:30 AM from the hotel. There were two buses for the team and the support staff but Jaiswal was not there on time. Rohit, according to the report, was visibly frustrated by the delay.
Yashasvi arrived about 20 minutes late at the hotel lobby to find that the bus had already left the field for the airport. The management had already arranged a car for him and he used it to reach the airport along with the senior security officer.
On the other hand, last hurrah from Australian great Matthew Hayden urged Indian batters to rebound from their previous efforts at the crease and bat “better and for time” when facing Australia in the third Brisbane Test starting December 14.
After disappointing numbers at bat in front of the pink-ball at Adelaide, team India would be looking forward to big runs and a lead-providing win over the Aussies at Brisbane.
The hosts then bounced back by overshadowing India with an ugly 10 wicket defeat against Australia after thousand-contributions from Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Yashasvi Jaiswal at Perth’s Optus Stadium, where the excellent bowling spells came from red-ball magicians Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins and counter-attacking hundred runs from Travis Head.
Much like the last appearance, where the team performed exceptionally well at Perth with 487/6 by declaring the inning which was due to phenomenal exploits from KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Virat Kohli, Team India’s batting has mostly looked unappealing since the very beginning of their home Test season against the Bangladesh and New Zealand series.
