India vs Australia 2nd ODI will be played in Adelaide on Thursday. Shubman Gill and team are trailing 0-1 in the 3-match ODI series. In the second match, all eyes will be on the performance of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, because both of them flopped badly in the last match. When Rohit was out after scoring 8 runs, Kohli could not even open his account. A day before the second match, Team India’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotak came to the press conference, where he answered the questions related to the form of Rohit and Kohli.

Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli came to play international matches after about 8 months. But both were flops, the veterans also had to face criticism on social media regarding their form. The batting coach who came to the press conference was asked whether the form of these two batsmen was looking bad?

The coach gave this answer on the form of Rohit and Virat

Kotak said, “I don’t think so. They have played IPL, the preparation has been good. I think it (flop in the first ODI) happened because of the weather, if Australia had batted first, the same thing would have happened to them. When the match is stopped 4-5 times, you go in and then come out, it is not easy.”

When the batting coach was asked whether Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma needed guidance from the coach, he believed that unless absolutely necessary, there should be minimal intervention. He said, “Both the batsmen are experienced. They had done complete preparation before coming to Australia. I think it is too early to form an opinion about them. They have just retired from the Test format. Before coming here, we all knew their fitness level and preparation. We had got their videos in the NCA. There is no need to interfere immediately with such players if you feel that they are doing well. Too much interference would not be a good way.”

Both seem to be in good rhythm – batting coach

The coach further said, both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were looking in good form. He batted well in the nets yesterday. “To be honest, I think he’s doing well.”

India vs Australia 2nd ODI will be played on 23 October at Adelaide Oval. According to Australia time, this match will start at 2 pm. The match will start at 9 am Indian time, the toss will take place at 8:30 am.

MS Dhoni is one of the most successful captains in India, under whose captaincy India won the two World Cup (2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 ODI World Cup) and one Champions Trophy (2013). In Test cricket as captain, Virat Kohli also impressed a lot, he is also given a credit to keep this format alive. Both scored more than 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. However, it has to be believed that Virat’s pan is a bit heavy in the test. Dhoni never scored a century in the Test, while 14 of Virat’s 30 Test centuries came on land.

However, this was not the case in the beginning. In the early times of Kohli’s Test career, MS Dhoni was better than Kohli on foreign land, especially in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia). New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner told how he managed to harass Kohli with his strategy during a Test in 2014 while Dhoni played him well.

Wagner said in Red Inkar Cricket Podcast, “I remember the wicket was very flat in this Test match, but there was speed and bounce on the pitch. Eden park ground is quite small in the straight line, but square boundaries are helpful. I remember that I had put some bouncers balls, and how they were not looking at them. Should also play these balls.

He further said, “I thought that crossing outside from the direction of the eyes while crossing the ball. Virat Kohli tried to kill on the front of scar, because there was no fielder there. In this attempt the ball hit his toe, which went to Bije Waling.”

The match that Wagner is talking about was played in Auckland in 2014 February. New Zealand had set a target of 407 runs in the fourth innings for India. Virat Kohli had played a good innings of 67 runs, Shikhar Dhawan also gave a good start to get a good start. Dhawan scored 115 runs. MS Dhoni scored 39 runs. Dhoni and Kohli were dismissed by Neil Wagner. New Zealand won this match by 40 runs. After 6 on 270, the 54 -run partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and Dhoni kept the expectation of India’s victory, but the situation changed again after the pair broke.

Wagner further said, “Then it seemed that Dhoni and Jadeja would chase a brilliant innings by chasing this goal. It did not seem that Dhoni was having more trouble playing our balls. I was thinking that I would put Dhoni a slow bouncer ball. I did so and the way he extended it, I was surprised by it.”

Lsg vs rcb ipl highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 6 wickets. With this, the entire schedule of the playoffs has come out. In this last match of the league stage in IPL 2025, LSG scored a huge score of 227 runs while playing first. In response, RCB won the target with 8 balls remaining and won by 6 wickets.

If RCB was to play the first qualifier by staying in the top-2, then it was very important for him to defeat Lucknow in this match. Chasing the target of 228 runs by LSG, Bengaluru started quite well and fast. There was a 61 -run salute partnership between Virat Kohli and Phil Salat, meanwhile Salt was dismissed for 30 runs. Rajat Patidar scored 14 runs and Liam Livingstone was dismissed from the next ball on the score of zero.

RCB lost 3 wickets on a score of 90, but Virat Kohli was still standing at the crease. A good partnership was flourishing between Mayank Agarwal and Kohli, but then Kohli was dismissed for 54 runs. After Virat’s wicket, the rest of the work was completed by Mayank Agarwal and Jitesh Sharma.

Pant’s century faded in front of Jitesh Sharma

Rishabh Pant scored an unbeaten 118 off 61 balls for Lucknow Super Giants. LSG had scored 227 runs thanks to his innings. In response, RCB lost 4 wickets on a score of 123. Jitesh Sharma came to bat in the sixth order and started attacking as soon as he came. He hit 8 fours and 6 sixes while scoring an unbeaten 85 off 33 balls. He partnered 107 runs with Mayank Agarwal. Agarwal also returned unbeaten after scoring 41 runs.

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Virat Kohli Training Session: IPL is starting from Saturday. In the first match, teams of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be face to face. At the same time, before this, players of both teams are sweating fiercely. On Thursday, Virat Kohli and Royal Challengers Bangalore were seen practicing in Eden Gardens. During this time, the eyes of the fans remained on Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli used 4 different bats in the practice session. Also, Virat Kohli Royal Challengers arrived for practice before other players from Bangalore.

Leium Livingstone and Josh Hazlewood faced balls

Virat Kohli easily hit fours and sixes in the practice session. During this time, the former Indian captain faced the balls of Liaum Livingstone and Josh Hazlewood. Actually, Virat Kohli is not the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore, but despite this it was seen that he is constantly keeping his words with the players. At the same time, Kolkata Knight Riders players were seen working on a special strategy against Virat Kohli in the net session. Fast bowler Harshit Rana is bowling for Kolkata Knight Riders. Also, Andre Russell was playing big shots continuously.

Kkk’s expectations on these players?

Apart from this, Quinton de Kock, Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Rasal and Ramandeep Singh were seen in Net sessions. At the same time, Sujan Mukherjee, curator of Eden Gardens Pitch, says that Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders will rain in the match. It will be very easy to bat on this pitch. He said that this pitch is expected to be more than 200 runs. However, it would be fun to see how the mood of the pitch is. Also, how do the batsmen of both teams bat.

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