He could be the one facing the axe if India bring in an extra batter. Thakur took two wickets in the first Test but failed to make an impact with the bat. Pretty similar to the first innings dismissal,' Gavaskar said on Star Sports after the captain's dismissal in the second innings. '( Marco Jansen) bowled at an angle across outside off stump, look at how far he ( Kohli) played. Kohli has only himself to blame for his twin failures in the Centurion as he perished in both innings, chasing deliveries wide of the stumps inviting the ire of Sunil Gavaskar. Virat Kohli also needs a big innings to end his below-par run in Test cricket in the last two years. The lack of runs from Cheteshwar Pujara must be a worry as he managed just 16 runs in the match, including a first ball duck in the first innings. Iyer must consider himself unlucky to be dropped for the opening Test despite a century and a half century on debut against New Zealand.Ījinkya Rahane, who was preferred ahead of him, stroked a solid 48 in the first innings to justify his inclusion despite struggling for runs recently. The way their three fast bowlers fared in the first Test, India don't really need a back-up fourth bowler/all-rounder in Shardul Thakur, but instead could bring in a specialist batter in Shreyas Iyer or Hanuma Vihari to guard against any potential batting collapse.
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