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Australia will likely be hoping for a change in fortune after an unsightly opening day that noticed them bowled out for a bleak 177 after shedding the ultimate 5 wickets for simply 15 runs.
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India in the meantime regarded like they had been batting on a unique pitch as captain Rohit Sharma slammed 56 off 69 balls on the day to guide India to 1/77 at stumps and a commanding place.
Debutant Todd Murphy supplied the one glimmer of hope on the day for the Aussies, choosing up his first Take a look at wicket within the second final over of the day as he despatched KL Rahul on his manner.
India will look to place the vacationers additional to the sword once they resume on the crease at 3pm (AEDT).
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12.30pm – Clarke ‘bewildered’ by Head omission
Former Take a look at skipper Michael Clarke couldn’t imagine his ears when information filtered out that Travis Head, the quantity 4 ranked batter on the earth, had been neglected of the Aussie crew for the First Take a look at.
The bombshell resolution to go away out the person who was arguably Australia’s finest batter of the summer season despatched shockwaves across the cricket neighborhood.
Steve Waugh was flabbergasted, Matthew Hayden was equally perplexed as cricket followers blew up on the resolution.
Clarke weighed in and was simply as dumbfounded by what the Australian selectors had completed.
“The one factor I can’t get my head round is the selectors, Pat Cummins, Andrew McDonald … why they dropped Travis Head?” Clarke stated on Huge Sports activities Breakfast.
Whereas the previous skipper stated he may perceive placing Handscomb into the crew at No. 5 forward of Head at No. 6, it was the inclusion of Renshaw that baffled him.
Renshaw has been opening the batting for Queensland in the course of the Sheffield Defend season, however Clarke says that in comparison with batting within the center order in India was “like talking French in comparison with talking English”.
“I can’t perceive it. I can’t know it,” he stated.
“The opposite factor, Travis Head bowls. He bowls proper arm off spin. His bowling in India will likely be very, very helpful. I’m so confused and bewildered by that call.
“The opposite factor, in case you’re not going to select the No. 4 finest batter on the earth for the First Take a look at match, what’s he doing on the tour?
“With solely 4 bowlers, Travis Head as an all-rounder is a no brainer for me.”
One other former Australian Take a look at skipper nevertheless wasn’t as shocked by the omission.
Ricky Ponting instructed the ICC Evaluation podcast that whereas he may perceive the dismay on the choice from some corners of Australian cricket, the writing had been on the wall for Head’s omission.
“The extra I considered it, the truth that they performed Matt Renshaw in Sydney to me meant they in all probability had different plans in thoughts for him,” Ponting stated.
“Clearly, probably the most instant plan was for him to bat within the center order for Australia on this Take a look at sequence towards India.
“And if you have a look at that, in the event that they’re going to maintain him in, they couldn’t actually afford to maintain Travis Head in both as a result of then they might have 5 left-handers of their prime seven.”
Ponting stated maintaining Head within the crew at Peter Handscomb’s expense would have performed into the palms of India’s star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
“The opposite aspect of it’s that Travis’ report outdoors of Australia and on the subcontinent is nowhere close to pretty much as good,” Ponting stated.
“So if you put all these items collectively, I really wasn’t that stunned … there’s been a little bit of an uproar right here in Australia about ‘how may the selectors do that’?
“I do know (Renshaw) was out first ball at this time, I’ll forgive him of that – the opposite factor to remember is that they’ve been over right here for what’s nearly every week now, so that they’ve completed loads of coaching, the coaches and selectors would’ve stored an eye fixed on coaching and watched who was dealing with the spin higher than others.”
– with Ed Bourke, NCA Newswire
