The Indian bowlers struggled to pick up early wickets in the first two one-dayers and that was one of the main reasons they ended up losing the ODI series 2-1.
Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding said that this was something their bowlers couldn’t afford to do in red-ball cricket.
Michael Holding stated that it would be extremely crucial for the Indian bowlers to pick up wickets regularly in the Tests against Australia, if they had any hope of winning their second consecutive Test series Down Under.
He thinks the pitches for the Test matches will aid the fast bowlers and the Men in Blue will have to make full use of the help that will be on offer.
The bowlers will have to step up, especially in the absence of their talisman Virat Kohli, who will head back to India after playing the first Test to attend the birth of his first child.
It will be a lot easier for India to make up for Virat Kohli’s absence in Tests: Michael Holding
Virat Kohli is India’s best batsman across all three formats and Michael Holding reckons that the Men in Blue will miss him dearly for the majority of the Test series.
However, Michael Holding believed that it would be easier for India to make up for the absence of Kohli in Test cricket than in white-ball cricket, as India have many options up their sleeve.
He stated that it will be important for the Indian batsmen to step up together as a batting unit in Kohli’s absence in order to post huge totals.
The first Test between India and Australia will be played at Adelaide from December 17 and will be a Day-Night encounter.
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