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Absence of David Warner has impacted the performance of Australia. It put a lot of pressure on Steve Smith, and he couldn't cope with it. Among the Australian batsmen, apart from Marnus Labuschagne and Tim Paine, none of the others managed to make more than 11 runs. I don't know why Joe Burns was included in the playing XI, after scoring 5 runs in 4 innings for Australia A.
Labuschagne did play some good shots but he didn't impressed much as batsman in the first inning, he's extremely talented individual and i am fan of his batting but the runs he scored after 3 drop catches doesn't justify his talent. He was just lucky today.
This applies to both teams basically. The Indian team is missing players like Rohit, Jadeja, Ishant and even Kohli soon while Australia is missing players like Warner etc.
This is an awesome opportunity for new players from both teams to showcase their talents. Newbies from both sides have mostly disappointed everyone with their performances so far(Primarily Shaw).
I wonder how India will perform without Kohli in the upcoming matches since Australia will gain the upper hand.
Don't know why everyone talk about Rohit and Test in same context. He's great in limited overs but arguably one of the biggest failure in the test cricket. I would like him to make big in Test cricket but he failed to perform majority of time.
If Rohit comes back then team management should try him at the top order and see if he clicks otherwise he has no test career whatsoever. Fair amount of players coming at the middle order, Even Jadeja can bat sometimes. After Kohli departure Gill should replace him at number 4, he looked promising and performed well in warm up games.
At top order, will support Shaw for a long run but he's in really bad form atm so it would be good if he's rested or dropped for next games otherwise his confidence will go down similar to Pant (in the limited overs). These young guys are talented, they don't need cheerleaders but guidance.
