At the Optus Stadium, Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne amassed nearly 500 runs with a double hundred and an average of almost 105 in three games. However, the batsman did not perform well in the first Test match against India and only managed to score two and three runs in the first Test of the 2024–25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Due to his poor performance, there have been rumours that he would be dropped before the Adelaide Test.
In the Pink Ball Test in Adelaide, however, Adam Gilchrist, a former Australia wicketkeeper-batter, has tipped the right-handed batter to perform well.
Gilchrist praised Marnus Labuschagne excellent performances over the years and referred to him as the
“class act,” acknowledging his achievements. Australia has never lost a day-night match, which is noteworthy.
The folks in his immediate vicinity are undoubtedly already acting in this manner, but he has to be reminded that he is a class act. Gilchrist explained in an interview with Nine’s Wide World of Sports that “he has a game that has been able to tolerate and withstand everything that the cricketing world has presented, and he has dominated for a number of years.”
The key is to avoid allowing self-doubt to sneak in: Adam Gilchrist
Labuschagne’s difficulty against the Indian pace attack in Perth was clear as he scored two runs after facing fifty-two deliveries, opening his account on the twenty-fourth ball. Gilchrist said the 30-year-old is becoming overly defensive and that self-doubt shouldn’t sneak in because even the best players have bad times.
“Most players that have played long enough will have been in this situation at some point in time, and it’s about not letting any self-doubt creep in and understanding you don’t lose that skill you don’t lose that edge — [and] certainly not in a short space of time,” said Gilchrist.
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