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Virat Kohli Sounded Almost Desolate While Talking About His Struggles Against Fidel Edwards During His Debut Test Against The West Indies in 2011. INTEAD of Glory, there was anxiety and confusion. He Ended That Nearly 20 Minutes of Conversation at a Kingston Restaurant with a Plain Yet Powerful Message: “Lekin mein mein mein mein chhorunga nahi (I will not dove it)”. He did not leave the fight, Hitting Peaks Between 2014 and 2019 that Not Many Modern Day Cricketers have Climbed.
Runs and Centuries Flowed as the Cricket Marved at the Transformation Into A Batting Virtuoso Who Propelled India to Some Dizying Heights and Memorable Wins in Test CRACKETT.
However, it’s also a blueprint for some of the young batters who have been tasked to help the Indian cricket in the post-kohli and rohit Sharma era.
Here’s a detailed glass at a less of them:
Shubman Gill
Among the ‘Next Generation’ Stars, None Holds More Significance Than Shubman Gill, potentially India’s Premier Batsman and Test Skipper in the Coming Days.
Perhaps, it’s a coincidence but gill finds heimself in the same space as kohli when he was at 25 – with a middledling test record.
The punjab man has played 32 Tests for 1893 Runs at an average of 35.
But gill will not go to england where he has a modest record – 88 runs from three tests at an average of 14.66.
Can the Punjab Man Emulate His Illustrious Senior in Turning Around His Fortunes at Old Blighty? Even without james anderson and stuart broad, england have a capable pace unit and some handy spinners, suiting the home conditions.
Like Kohli, Gill will have to brings in that Iron-Hearted discipline into his batting along with development the tendency to bat closer to his body to cover the sharing.
Yashasvi jaiswal
Jaiswal is certain to open the innings in england and he has alredy done that job in the west indies, south africa, australia and India. But the task will be different and tougher on his maiden trip to england.
Jaiswal Showed His Technique and Patince While Notching Up Big Runs in Australia and the West Indies at an average in excess of 44 and 80.
But as a batter who loves the ball coming onto his bat, jaiswal will face a sterner challenge in late swing in england.
He will have to check his booming drives and rasping cuts, focusing more on leaves and selecting the right Occination to Attack.
It’s not much of a technical change, but a mental shift and he can tear a page out of kohli’s playbook.
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They can also refer to the clippings of Sanjay Bangar and Rahul Dravid Negating The Pronounced Swing at Leeds Against Andrew Caddick and Matthew Hoggard in 2002.
Dhruv jurel
At 24, Jurel Stands a Good Back-up Option Behind Rishabh Pant as the Second Wicket-Keeper Batter. He was impressive in the Debut Series Against England but count not makes Much IMPACT Against Australia.
Jurel has the requisite guts and skill level to be a long-term servant in Test Cricket. He Showed His Professes Bot in Attack and Defense while Making Two Fiftees Against Australia in an unofficial test ahead of the border-gavaskar trophy last year.
He is also the kind of cricketer head coach gautam gambhir likes, one who never shies away from a fight in the middle.
But sustaining it for a longer duration will be his main challenge.
B sai sudharsan
Orthodoxy is his strength. There is a bright chance of Him making it to the touring squad to england, and his copybook batting out count come handy in england, Making Him a Calm Yin to the more aggressive yang of jaiswal.
The 23-year-old goodharsan prefers to play down the ground on eater side with a straight bat, a quality that gives immense chance to successed in england.
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He also has the experience of playing for surrey in county cricket.
Sarfaraz khan
The 27-year-old can pillage an attack like he did against new zealand in Bengaluru last year with a belligeret 150. The Mumbai man might also be asked to work on his fitness.
There is no doubting the skills of sarfaraz. But if he can take some cues from kohli’s almost manic chase of fitness to keep his skills sharp, then Sarfaraz Can Revive His Test Fortunes.
The collective task
Now, there is no kohli or rohit sharma to guide them, pep them, Cajole them or scold them. So, can the boys survive battles and grow into men all alone? It will determine the brightness of their own and India’s cricket’s future.
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