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The Times of India
The Times of India
Sport
Ehtesham Hasan | TNN

Rahul Dravid wants young batters to embrace challenge of playing on tough pitches

AHMEDABAD: At a time when young opener Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and KS Bharat are trying to cement their place in the Test team, the challenging nature of pitches for the Test series against Australia has only made the task tougher for them.

The 23-year-old Gill, who replaced out-of-form KL Rahul in the third Test, scored 21 and 5 while Shreyas Iyer has scored a sum of 42 runs in four innings. Wicketkeeper-batsman Bharat has looked neat behind the stumps but has only managed 57 runs in the five innings he has come out to bat.

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