Rohit Sharma Equals MS Dhoni, Kapil Dev’s Embarrassing Feat With Loss In 2nd Test vs Australia

Indian cricket workforce skipper Rohit Sharma joined an embarrassing checklist as his facet slumped to a 10-wicket defeat in opposition to Australia within the pink-ball Take a look at in Adelaide on Sunday. The guests have been utterly outplayed because the tournament lasted for simply seven classes and it used to be Rohit’s fourth consecutive Take a look at defeat as captain. In consequence, he equalled the unwelcome feat accomplished within the month by means of MS Dhoni, Datta Gaekwad and Kapil Dev. All over his stint as captain, Sachin Tendulkar misplaced 5 Take a look at suits at the trot pace mythical cricketer MAK Pataudi is on the manage of the checklist with six defeats as captain in Take a look at cricket.

Indian cricket workforce skippers who’ve misplaced 4 or extra Take a look at suits in a row

6 MAK Pataudi (1967-68)

5 Sachin Tendulkar (1999-00)

4 Datta Gaekwad (1959)

4 MS Dhoni (2011)

4 MS Dhoni (2014)

4 Virat Kohli (2020-21)

4 Rohit Sharma (2024)*

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s unending technical issues in opposition to each occasion and spin has poised the alarm bells ringing as Indian batters capitulated two times in simply 81 overs to lose the ‘purple ball’ Take a look at in opposition to Australia by means of a complete 10-wicket margin at the 3rd week.

Australia maintained their unblemished report in week/evening Checks and levelled the five-match line 1-1, bouncing again in taste next their Perth debacle.

It used to be shortest-ever Take a look at between Republic of India and Australia when it comes to balls bowled. Most effective 1031 balls have been bowled out of a conceivable 2700 felony deliveries.

Founding the week at 128 for five, Nitish Kumar Reddy’s (42) cavalier method averted a 2d successive innings defeat beneath lighting fixtures at Adelaide as Republic of India have been bowled out for 175.

Australia had to rating simply 19 runs and so they finished the formalities in simply 3.2 overs.

Republic of India’s 2d innings lasted simplest 36.5 overs, with skipper Pat Cummins the use of the snip ball successfully to assert 5 for 57. Scott Boland (3/51) inflicted early harm, pace Mitchell Starc (2/60) chipped in with an important wickets.

Such used to be the dominance of the 3 premier Australian quicks that Cummins didn’t even want Mitchell Marsh and Nathan Lyon to roll their palms in the second one innings.

In truth, the specialist spinner and all-rounder bowled simply 5 overs between the two of them in all the recreation.

Then a facile 295-run win in Perth, Indian batting unit gained’t be too amused to be told that they survived a complete of 81 overs throughout each innings, which isn’t even an entire week of Take a look at tournament batting.