After retaining the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series 2-0, India will look to clinch the four-match Test series 4-0 to seal a spot in the World Test Championship 2021-2-23 final. Australia suffered back-to-back defeats at the hands of India in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series. The visitors lost the first match by an innings and 132 runs and then followed it up with six wicket hammering in Delhi Test. India wrapped up both the matches within three days to dent Australia's confidence.
With couple of days left for the third Test which will be played in Indore, the most important question which has been floating in everyone's mind is whether KL Rahul will make it to India's final XI or not. Rahul has drawn a lot of flak for his dismal show with the bat in the ongoing series as he has scored just 38 runs in the first two Tests. A lot of cricket pundits including Venkatesh Prasad has been criticising Rahul as to why he has been getting a long rope. Rahul, who has been misfiring with the bat, has a highest score of 23 in his last 10 Test innings. He has also been removed from the vice-captaincy role for the remainder of the Border-Gavaskar series.
Meanwhile, former BCCI selector Saba Karim has proposed two ideal candidates for India's vice-captaincy role in Tests.
"KL's performance has not been great and that's why he has been removed from vice-captaincy. This does not mean that he will not be played in the XI. This only means that you become the vice-captain, when your performance is good. Suppose the Indian team was losing, there would have been no hesitation in dropping KL Rahul. But because the team is winning, and because the wickets are tough to bat on, Rahul will get few more opportunities," Saba Karim said on India News Sports.
"Several factors should be kept in mind while choosing the next vice-captain. Age etc. because the guy has to lead India in the World Test Championship cycle. Currently, I feel there are two candidates - Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant. But Jadeja's workload is huge. Maybe the team management is waiting for Pant to regain fitness, after the accident that he suffered," he added.
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