In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting between India and Australia, till now only the Indian team and Indian players are being discussed continuously. Captain Rohit Sharma not playing the first Test, Shubman Gill's injury, coverage of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah in Australian media have been in the headlines for the last several days. The discussion that is being held about the Australian team is about players like Steve Smith, Travis Head and captain Pat Cummins. All these three stars will prove to be a big threat for the Indian team, but the Australian player who has not been discussed till now is the team's wicketkeeper Alex Carey, whose bat has rained runs in the last few days.
As a wicketkeeper-batsman, Alex Carey does not have the status and popularity of Team India's star Rishabh Pant. He has played some strong innings for Australia but the way Rishabh Pant has batted amazingly in difficult grounds like Sydney, Brisbane, Birmingham to Johannesburg, has made Pant a hit. In such a situation, apparently, while there is some tension among the Australian media and former cricketers regarding the Indian wicketkeeper, that kind of concern regarding Alex Carey is not there in the Indian camp, especially among the Indian fans, but the time has come to change this. Is.
Normally only the big names of the Australian team can be seen proving to be a threat to Team India but this time Carey cannot be ignored. Carey, who performed well in the ODI series on the England tour just two months ago, has batted well in Australia's domestic first-class tournament Sheffield Shield. Playing for South Australia, Carey scored 452 runs in 6 innings of just 3 matches at a tremendous average of 90, which included 2 centuries. His scores were like this – 90, 111, 42, 123 (not out), 44, 42. That means not a single small score.
The success of the Australian team will depend on the strong innings of its top order batsmen like Usman Khawaja, Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Head. The less that can be said about the bowling attack like Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon. But this form of Carey shows that even if Team India disposes of Australia's top order quickly, it will not be easy to overcome Carey. Although the record of this left-handed batsman against India is nothing special and he has scored only 170 runs in 8 innings, but looking at this record, Team India will not make the mistake of taking him lightly.
