4. ‘TWO‘ Many Changes
Karun Nair and Abhinav Mukund were the two in-called batsmen’s for the second Test match. Injured Murali Vijay paved way for Mukund, who was due to get a chance, if his performance in past 18 months was considered. Dropping Jayant Yadav seemed legitimate, after how the surface was pictured for this Test match, a batting track. However, it didn’t behave accordingly.
To say the least, Mukund didn’t impress much either with his initial technique to tackle swing and surely not with his score of zero. Nair, on the other hand, showed glimpses of his class he depicted against England, but couldn’t withstand the turning ball from Steve O’Keefe, having to taste what others did in the first game of the series.