India vs Australia: Australia has been battered at residence by India within the first Take a look at at Perth by 295 runs. The aspect’s batting unit has crumbled on each events in opposition to the Indian seamers and surprisingly this isn’t the primary time in current occasions Australian prime order has proven vulnerability.
Quick bowler Josh Hazlewood in one of many press conferences through the sport when requested if Australia chased the goal set by India responded, “You in all probability need to ask one of many batters that query… I’m in all probability trying principally in the direction of the following Take a look at.” The assertion did spark a debate amongst former Australian gamers and media and there was hypothesis if there are any rifts within the staff.
Nonetheless, Travis Head chatting with 7 Information would deny the hypothesis. “I feel (individuals have) picked the bones out of a touch upon the again of a poor week, which is okay. It’s OK to be important, we perceive that. We caught collectively and had some good conversations, positively no fractions. All of the boys frolicked collectively final night time,” he would say.
Amidst dropping the primary Take a look at the staff has been uncovered to numerous criticism and it turns into crucial that they sq. the collection at Adelaide within the pink-ball sport by which they do have a formidable document profitable 11 out of 12 video games.
“We play the pink ball nicely historically there and look we’re going to need to. There’s no hiding behind that, we’ve received to play higher. Nothing’s assured on this sport, but when we work laborious, no purpose why we will’t flip it round,” Head stated.
The final time India performed a pink-ball Take a look at in Adelaide they have been bundled out for 36 within the third innings and went on to lose the sport by eight wickets within the well-known 2020/21 collection. Publish that India performed one other pink ball Take a look at in Bengaluru in India in 2022 in opposition to Sri Lanka which they received comfortably by an innings and 238 runs.