There had been no particular cues nevertheless it appeared like an audition when the struggling Okay L Rahul and the a lot youthful Shubman Gill batted concurrently throughout a coaching session on Monday forward of the third Test towards Australia. Stripped of India vice-captaincy following his extended lean patch within the five-day format, Rahul put within the onerous yards in what may probably be the ultimate coaching session earlier than the sport, starting Wednesday.

Shubman Gill and #KLRahul batting collectively within the nets right now and Captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid watching them. pic.twitter.com/0lCivus9HC

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The choice of Rahul, who averages an extraordinary 33.44 after 47 Tests, on the expense of Gill, who’s a celebrity within the making, has divided opinions within the cricketing fraternity.

Both batted in adjoining nets for round half-hour below the supervision of head coach Rahul Dravid.

Rahul has received an prolonged run because the crew administration has immense religion in his talents however with each failure, the strain is mounting on the trendy opener.

Gill, then again, has had a coming-of-age season throughout codecs and his supporters, which embrace former cricketers, consider there isn’t any higher time to draft him into the enjoying eleven.

While Gill was extra attacking in his strategy, Rahul bided his time and centered on his defence.

Rahul left and blocked the primary 18 balls he confronted earlier than practising the aerial hits down the bottom off spinners. He then traded locations with Gill to face R Ashwin and there additionally, he appeared to play every thing with a straight bat.

Before batting alongside Rahul, Gill was the primary member of the crew to hit the nets as different underwent warm-up and fielding drills.

After their stint in the principle nets, each Gill and Rahul moved to the opposite facet of the bottom to face just a few throwdowns.

Rohit, Kohli bat aggressively in their very own method

Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli appeared in tremendous contact within the Delhi Test however weren’t in a position to convert begins.

Walking into the nets collectively, the star batters displayed an aggressive strategy towards the spinners. While Kohli focused the straight boundaries towards left-arm spinners, Rohit performed strokes throughout together with the pull, sweep and reverse sweep.

After he was achieved bowling, Ashwin, who has been good with each bat and ball within the collection, labored on his sweeping abilities within the centre sq..

Axar Patel, who has excelled as a batter within the first two Tests, additionally confronted throw downs with full depth.

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