Former Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar believes it was a gutsy move by Virat Kohli to include Karn Sharma in the playing eleven ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin. He feels that Karn kept his head up despite being attacked by the Australian batsmen and had a fair outing, since the wicket was not helping him in any way. Gavaskar is of the opinion that if India can bowl Australia for 420 or less, they have a good chance of coming back into the Test match.