No Ashwin Or Jadeja In Adelaide, KL Rahul To Open; 2 Gamers OUT: Key Takeaways From India vs PM XI Heat-Up

India defeated the Prime Minister’s XI by six wickets within the follow recreation on the Munuka Oval in Canberra. The match was purported to be a two-day Take a look at however was lower quick to a 50-over contest after rain washed out Day 1 of play. Opting to bowl, India bowled out PM XI for 240. Harshit Rana was the choose of the bowlers and bagged 4 wickets. Chasing a modest goal, India hardly broke a sweat as Yashasvi Jaiswal (45*), Shubman Gill (50*), Nitish Reddy (42) and Washington Sundar (42) helped India cruise to a win.

Key Takeaways From India’s Win Over PM XI

KL Rahul – Yashasvi Jaiswal To Open – KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal added 201 runs for the opening wicket within the second innings of the Perth Take a look at. Rahul seemed assured on the wicket and confirmed nice defensive abilities. With Rohit Sharma again, it was anticipated that Rahul could be pushed down the order, however it now appears to be like like Rahul will open the innings in Adelaide and Rohit will bat within the center order. Rohit didn’t open within the follow recreation and batted at No. 4.

No Ashwin and Jadeja In Adelaide: R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja weren’t picked in Perth as Gautam Gambhir opted to go forward with Washington Sundar. Adelaide is understood to help the spinners thus it was speculated that Ashwin or Jadeja, and even each may get a recreation in Adelaide. However this appears to be like most unlikely now as Ashwin did not bowl an over within the follow recreation whereas Jadeja solely rolled over his arm for 5 overs. Additionally, Washington Sundar was despatched forward of Jadeja within the batting.

Dhruv Jurel- Devdutt Padikkal Dropped – This was an anticipated transfer as Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill made a comeback to the facet. Nonetheless, the transfer was confirmed because the gamers weren’t given an opportunity to bat within the follow recreation. Padikkal got here at quantity ninth and confronted solely seven balls.

Bumrah, Siraj, Harshit As Three Pacers – With Harshit Rana taking 4 wickets, he has virtually cemented his place within the XI for the Adelaide Take a look at. Except the wicket is dry and tailormade for spinners, the three pacers together with Nitish Rana and Washington Sundar ought to be the bowling choices for India.