Last Update: February 20, 2023, 13:30 IST
Australia lost 9 wickets in just 90 minutes on the third day of the Delhi Test (AP Photo)
Despite a promising start, the Australian batting line-up crumbled within 90 minutes of the morning session of the third day
Pat Cummins & Co. are losing match after match India The Australian cricket fraternity has once again been left in awe of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. After the Nagpur defeat, Rohit Sharma’s India defeated the Australian team by 6 wickets in Delhi. As one more game in the Test series ended in three days, the hosts went 2–0 up and retained the trophy once again.
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Meanwhile, former Australia Allan Border has come down hard on the Pat Cummins-led team after their fracas in the second innings of the Delhi encounter. Despite a promising start, the Australian batting line-up disintegrated within 90 minutes of the morning session of the third day. He started the day with a lead of 61 runs but Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin combined to dismiss him for 113 runs. World Test Championship (WTC) Final.
Speaking to Fox Cricket, Border expressed his disappointment that Australia panicked and continued to play sweep shots.
“I’m angry with the way they went about it today. It was a sharp, frenetic kind of batting, with some good defensive cricket with nobody coming to stem the flow. All of them were getting out by playing sweep shot, reverse sweep on almost every ball.
“You are not playing on a flat belt where you can expand your game. When playing on a difficult pitch, you have to work on scoring options and bat for some time at the crease.
Former Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden also termed Australia’s batting under Cummins as ‘absolutely abysmal’.
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“I can’t believe what I just saw here. These are world class players, and they have everything to win and everything to lose this season.
“He played so well in those few overs last evening. Strong scoring rate, good defence, active batting. But what we have seen here is a disaster for Australia. They’ve gone overboard with their offensive play,” Hayden told the Star. Play network.
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