Australia 94-3 after Ashwin double strike in Delhi
NEW DELHI :India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in the same over to reduce Australia to 94-3 at lunch on day one of the second test on Friday.
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Kuhnemann debuts for spin-heavy Australia v India in Delhi
NEW DELHI : Australia brought back Travis Head and picked debutant Matt Kuhnemann as their third spinner in a bold selection gamble for the second test against India on Friday.
"Must Have Been Crook Or Injured...": Australia Great's Strong Quotes On Batter's Exclusion Against India
Legendary Australian cricketer Allan Border is still at pains to understand why middle-order batter Travis Head was excluded from the side that suffered an innings and 132-run defeat against India in the opening Test at Nagpur. Head has been in sublime form since the 2021/22 Ashes series, where he was adjudged Player of the Series after Australia won the five-Test series 4-0. He was the joint second-highest run-getter during the three-Test series at home against South Africa recently, which Australia won 2-0.
IND vs AUS: Allan Border still shocked by Travis Head's exclusion from Nagpur Test
Allan Border is still at pains to understand why middle-order batter Travis Head was excluded from the side that suffered an innings and 132-run defeat against India in the opening Test at Nagpur.Head has been in sublime form since the 2021/22 Ashes series, where he was adjudged Player of the Series after Australia won the five-Test series 4-0. He was the joint second-highest run-getter during the three-Test series at home against South Africa recently, which Australia won 2-0.But despite achieving several milestones in the past one year, Matt Renshaw got the selectors' nod ahead of Head for the opening Border-Gavaskar Test. Renshaw couldn't make an impact in Nagpur, getting dismissed for 0 and 2 respectively.Border felt the Australians were "overthinking" their strategy, and decided to drop Head only because of his two mediocre runs during the previous tours of Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
"...All Little Gremlins About The Pitch": Aussie Great Slams 'Overthinking' Australia
Legendary Australian cricketer Allan Border is still at pains to understand why middle-order batter Travis Head was excluded from the side that suffered an innings and 132-run defeat against India in the opening Test at Nagpur. Head has been in sublime form since the 2021/22 Ashes series, where he was adjudged Player of the Series after Australia won the five-Test series 4-0. He was the joint second-highest run-getter during the three-Test series at home against South Africa recently, which Australia won 2-0.
"They've Put Themselves In Tough Position": Michael Clarke On Australia's Nagpur Test 'Decision'
Rattled by a humiliating defeat against India in the first Test at Nagpur, the Australian cricket team needs to go back to the drawing board and craft a strategy to beat India in their own home. While lack of practice matches didn't help the tourists, their decision to play Matt Renshaw over Travis Head also seems to have backfired. While there's a good possibility of Head's return for the second Test in Delhi, former Australia captain Michael Clarke feels the Aussies have put themselves in a tough position.
Australia get Starc boost but Cummins rules out 'reinventing the wheel'
NAGPUR : Mitchell Starc is likely to be available for the second test against India but captain Pat Cummins has ruled out overhauling the squad following the battering they received in the series opener in Nagpur.
Spinners Ashwin and Jadeja shine as India crush Australia by an innings and 132 runs
Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja eviscerated Australia in just over two hours to hand India a crushing innings-and-132-run victory Saturday inside three days of the opening Test.