Australia vs India 2018: Gautam Gambhir Sheds Light on India's Opening Conundrum

Usually, the Indian team has known for their batting heroics. However, of late, the bowlers are taking the limelight while batting seems to be a real problem, especially, the opening combination. Meanwhile, the former Indian opener, Gautam Gambhir makes his voice on the obstacle.

KL Rahul, Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan all failed to knock runs for India in overseas Tests in the past, which eventually saw Dhawan getting dropped. Meanwhile, Prithvi Shaw showed great stability but got injured when it mattered the most. Coming to KL Rahul and Vijay, they are failing on a regular basis to make life hard for themselves.

You have to be patient with them – Gautam Gambhir

Meanwhile, Gautam quoted facing the first ball of the Test match is always a tough job for a cricketer. Further, he added the team should persist with the openers and give them the security of their place in the side.

“You’ve got to be patient with them. Facing the first ball on the first day is probably the toughest job in Test cricket. If it was easy everyone could have done it. A lot of greats who got 10,000 to 15,000 runs never opened in Tests,” he quoted.

“I believe in security. If you keep rotating players for what is the toughest thing to do, you only make them more insecure. Give them a proper run and see if they belong to the level. If they don’t, get somebody else and give them the same run. You have to be fair to everyone,” Gautam Gambhir added.

You can never take Australia lightly – Gautam Gambhir

Further, he showered words of praise on the current side for taking the lead in the series against Australia. He wants the team to consolidate it and also warned not to take the hosts lightly, as they got the capability of making a comeback.

”We now have the early advantage which we never had on the previous two tours. Hope we can consolidate. But you can never take Australia lightly. They still have the bowling attack to hurt any opposition.”

Well, as Gautam Gambhir said, the Indian side should persist with the resources in their ranks. Currently, Prithvi Shaw looks fit enough to take his place back in the playing XI for the Perth Test on December 14th.