Did Rishabh Pant and Nitish Reddy took the boat across?
australia has tightened its grip on the second Test match being played at adelaide Oval. In the first innings of this Test, Team india could score only 180 runs. In response, the Kangaroos scored 337 runs thanks to Travis Head's stormy century and gained a significant lead of 157 runs. Then by the end of the second day's play, india lost five wickets for 128 runs. In such a situation, it would not be wrong to say that Team India's boat is sinking in Adelaide. However, rishabh pant and nitish kumar Reddy are currently at the crease. In such a situation, both of them are expected to take the boat across.
In the second innings, Team india lost five wickets for just 105 runs. After this, nitish kumar Reddy scored 15 runs with the help of three fours in 14 balls and made a partnership with rishabh Pant. pant is on 28 runs in 25 balls. He has hit five fours. Now on the third day, if these two do not let any wicket fall and take india to a fighting score, then it will be nothing less than a miracle.
It is not that this has never happened in cricket before. If we go a few years back and talk about the kolkata Test of 2002, then india had done such a miracle in front of Australia. Then australia had scored 445 runs in the first innings. In response to this, Team india was reduced to just 171 runs and the Kangaroos gave a follow-on. However, Team india did not make any mistake in the second innings. Thanks to VVS Laxman's 281 and rahul Dravid's 180 runs, india scored 657 runs this time. Then australia was all out for 212 and won the match.
Just like VVS Laxman and rahul dravid had saved India's sinking boat at that time, similarly now nitish kumar Reddy and rishabh pant will have to do a miracle. Well, talking about the second Test being played in adelaide, once again the indian batsmen flopped. yashasvi jaiswal 24, KL rahul 07, Shubman Gill 28, virat kohli 11 and rohit sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 06 runs. Pat Cummins and Scott Boland have taken two wickets each for australia so far. At the same time, Mitchell Starc has got one success.