Although Virat Kohli has not been able to show his bat in this series yet. This batsman has so far scored a total of 76 runs in three innings of two matches.
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Indore: The Indian cricket team has reached Indore for the third Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The third match will start from March 1 at the Holkar Stadium here. Winning this match, Team India will try to name the series. At present, India is 2-0 ahead in the four-match Test series. In the first Test match played in Nagpur and in the second Test match played in Delhi, India won unilaterally. After this, now the eyes are on grabbing the victory series in the third test match. Earlier on Monday, the team’s main batsman Virat Kohli appeared in the role of coach.
Although Kohli has not yet been able to show the power of the bat in this series. This batsman has so far scored a total of 76 runs in three innings of two matches. Kohli has ended the century drought in T20 and ODIs, but a century has not come from his bat in Tests for a long time.
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Kohli became the coach
Team India has started preparing for this match. The team practiced on Monday as well and during this Kohli appeared in a special role. Kohli took the responsibility of coaching on his head. The BCCI has posted a video on its Twitter, in which Kohli is sitting on his knees and making the players of the team practice catching catches in the slips. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer and Akshar Patel are practicing catching in the slips. However, all these players were also seen having fun during this.
Fun times in the field ft. @imVkohli #TeamIndia sharpen their catching skills ahead of the 3rd #INDvAUS Test in Indore.@mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/6VtHfBBbLt
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 27, 2023
Slip catching has not been very special in the last two matches of India. Kohli himself dropped catches off spinners while standing at slip in both the matches. Now it has to be seen that what is the slip catching of Team India in Indore Test.
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Eyes on the pitch of Indore
Amidst all this, everyone’s attention is on the pitch of Indore’s stadium. Spinners were helped on the pitches of Nagpur and Delhi. But the pitch of Indore is said to be of red clay on which extra bounce can be found. In such a situation, this pitch is considered favorable for fast bowlers. But it cannot be denied that this pitch will help the spinners. No matter how Indian pitches are, spinners get help on most of the pitches.