Sunil Gavaskar's Big Advice To India Bowlers In 2nd Australia Test: "Haven't Used..."

Batting great Sunil Gavaskar has expressed his disappointment with the Indian bowlers' lack of success with the pink ball on the opening day of the second Test against Australia, saying they ought to have done better. Australia were comfortably placed at 86 for one at stumps after bowling out India for 180 in their first innings, thanks to pacer Mitchell Starc's six-wicket haul. Speaking on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, "They have to make the batters play as much as they can. And this is what happens when you make the batters play as much as you can."

"You can set them up by bowling a couple of deliveries outside and then get the ball to move back in, as it did to Nathan McSweeney in the Perth Test, or to Labuschagne in the Perth Test, like what Bumrah did. The Indian bowlers have not really used the pink ball as well as they should have."

Meanwhile, former Australia opener Matthew Hayden called Starc a "magician with the pink ball" after the left-arm quick ran through the Indian batting line-up.

Starc was the wrecker-in-chief for Australia as he took six Indian wickets for 48 runs.

Speaking with the broadcaster about Starc, Hayden said, "He has that scrambled seam delivery that goes across the right-hander, but when he does have that ability - which he did - I must admit I was a little surprised. I've never really seen the pink ball swing into the sort of 40th over and so aggressively swing as well.

"By that stage, he used a really important word, and it's a bit of an underrated word as well, and that's 'momentum'. It was all in favour of India.

"A difficult position to come back from in life and sport is those opportunities to wrestle back momentum, and Mitchell Starc did that in only the way he can - when the lights are