Ravindra Jadeja (AP Photo)
NEW DELHI: The opening day of the third India vs Australia Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy received washed out, after temporary motion, due to rain in Brisbane on Saturday.
With solely 13.2 overs of play occurring, Australia received to 28 for no loss with each Australia openers Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney surviving the opening burst from the India bowlers below cloudy skies.
While the India pacers failed to make good use of the overcast circumstances on Saturday, the venue has had almost nothing to offer to spinners over the previous couple of years.
India have gone into the sport with Ravindra Jadeja as their solitary spin choice whereas on the opposite aspect, Australia have Nathan Lyon at their disposal.
With rain menace looming over the match for the subsequent 4 days as nicely, spinners aren’t seemingly to make a lot of an impression and to go along with that the Gabba, historically, hasn’t been sort to the turners as nicely. Especially when it comes to visiting spinners, the Gabba has had very much less to offer.
Since 2020, visiting spinners have bowled a mere 70.1 overs — 14 per innings — and have had a median of 1.2 wickets in it.
Barring Washington Sundar, who isn’t that includes on this sport, no visiting spinner has bowled greater than 15 overs on the venue in a Test.
In the final 3 Tests on the Gabba, spinners have managed solely six wickets out of which three have been taken by Washington.
Even Australia’s spin nice Lyon has had a tricky time on the venue.
Since 2020, Lyon has bowled 116 overs the place he has managed simply 11 wickets. Lyon, on common, has bowled 19.2 overs in an innings on the Gabba and has had a mere 1.8 per innings.
Lyon vs visiting spinners at Gabba (since 2020)
| overs | Wickets | Overs/Innings | Wickets/Innings | |
| Visiting spinners | 70.1 | 6 | 14.0 | 1.2 |
| Nathan Lyon | 116 | 11 | 19.2 | 1.8 |
Washington did play a sport at Brisbane in 2021 the place he bowled 49 overs and ended up with 4 wickets, making him the most effective touring spinner on the venue in current instances.
In the primary two matches this time round, India went with Sundar and R Ashwin however each weren’t utilized by the skipper a lot as each averaged 9 overs per innings and bowled a mixed over 35 overs.
With circumstances not in favour, a venue that hasn’t been sort, it will likely be attention-grabbing how successfully Rohit Sharma makes use of Ravindra Jadeja and will get probably the most out of him within the remaining 4 days of the third Test.
