Opinion

Batsmen from Australia and India are not living up to Test expectations

By Howard Kotton
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:04am, first published December 28 2020 - 3:30pm
India's Ajinkya Rahane is the only batsman to stand out with the bat so far this series. Photo: Darrian Traynor - CA/Cricket Australia via Getty Images
India's Ajinkya Rahane is the only batsman to stand out with the bat so far this series. Photo: Darrian Traynor - CA/Cricket Australia via Getty Images

Rahane's classy MCG century is the only batting highlight in the Test series

Aside from a gritty century by stand-in Indian captain Ajinkya Rahane in the second Test and solid knocks by rival skippers Virat Kohli and Tim Paine in the opening Test, the batting in this Australia-India series has not been up to Test standard.

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