Melbourne. Cheteshwar Pujara said that the bowling attack of the Indian team touring Australia is not strong enough to take 20 wickets in a Test match and this will be the biggest concern for the team in the last two matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The five-match series between India and Australia is currently tied at 1–1. The next two test matches will be played in Melbourne and Sydney. India has so far been heavily dependent on Jasprit Bumrah for bowling. He has performed well with the red and pink balls but is not getting enough support from the other end.
Pujara told Star Sports, “My biggest question and reason for a little concern is that the Indian bowling looks a little weak.” He said, “The batting is a little better even if the top five batsmen are not performing as expected. But middle-order and lower-middle-order batsmen like Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Reddy and even Bumrah and Akashdeep are also contributing with the bat.
Pujara said, “Now that the bowling is weak, then what will be the team combination? This is the biggest question because you cannot take out Nitish, you cannot take out Jadeja, then what will be the composition of the team.” This batsman feels that Nitish Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja can play the role of fourth and fifth bowler well. Unable to cope with.
He said, “Ravichandran Ashwin has retired and I don’t think we will go into Melbourne with two spinners.” In such a situation, how will you strengthen your bowling? Because all three fast bowlers are performing well but they are not getting enough support from Nitish and Jadeja as the fourth and fifth bowlers. If you look at these two together, bowling does not look very good. Pujara said, “We have to think about it because if you want to win a Test match, you have to take 20 wickets and our ability to take 20 wickets is not good. Our other bowlers are not able to play their supporting role well. Therefore, we have to improve this department as soon as possible and I don’t know how it will be but it is a big question.
