Team India want T Natarajan to work on endurance for Test cricket
Cricket | February 02, 2021 8:10 ISTThe Tamil Nadu pacer, who shot to fame with IPL 2020, says Test cricket is all about endurance and that's what the team wants to work on.
The Tamil Nadu pacer, who shot to fame with IPL 2020, says Test cricket is all about endurance and that's what the team wants to work on.
The Indian team, ravaged by injuries to most of its key players and without regular skipper Virat Kohli who was on paternity leave, upstaged a full-strength Australia 2-1 in a four-match Test series last month.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman heaped praises on India's memorable win in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Ramiz Raja credits Virat Kohli for playing a big role in creating a team with aggression that fired to win against all odds Down Under, which included a historic win over Australia at their bastion Gabba in 32 years.
India are set to return to action from February 5 when the side takes on England in the first match of four-match Test series.India are set to return to action from February 5 when the side takes on England in the first match of four Tests.
After India's historic win Down Under, Rahane had also gifted off-spinner Nathan Lyon a jersey signed by Indian players as a gesture of respect.
Lyon became only the 13th Australian player to have played 100 Tests.
Rahane led India to historic 2-1 series-win in Australia after Virat Kohli went on paternity leave.
Arun also heaped praise on Mohammed Siraj and said that the pacer's biggest strength is the confidence which he has in himself.
Vihari, who batted with a sore hamstring throughout the course of his innings, showed great resilience and remained unbeaten on 23 after facing 161 deliveries.
During the third Test, India pacers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah were also targeted with racial abuse by a section of the crowd.
After his 112 in the Boxing Day Test, Ajinkya Rahane had said his century at Lord's was his best.
The 29-year-old Natarajan became the only India player to make a debut in all the three formats in the same tour. He made his India debut in the third ODI in Canberra on December 2.
Pant said he himself was aiming for a win and hence the aggressive approach and it was his failure at SCG which propelled him to correct his mistake in Brisbane.
Jadeja had sustained a thumb injury while batting in the first innings of the Sydney Test and was eventually ruled out for six weeks.
Gill, with his defiant 91, had set a platform for India's surprise win over Australia in the fourth and final Test in Brisbane that gave the Ajinkya Rahane-led team a 2-1 win in the four-match series.
After picking up a three-wicket haul with the ball, Sundar went on to score maiden Test fifty at The Gabba.
After levelling the series 1-1 at Melbourne, India managed to hold on to a draw in the third Test at Sydney and won the fourth and final Test by three wickets against all odds in Brisbane.
The Indian team scripted history by breaching The Gabba fortress and registering back-to-back Test series wins in Australia.
Chappell believes it is the robust domestic structure and efforts put in by BCCI which prepares its youngsters to take on the rigours of international cricket.
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