‘If They Drop Matt Renshaw, They Shoot Themselves In the Foot’: Michael Clarke

Losing the first Test match and that too by an innings margin was nothing short of demoralizing for the Aussies. Landing in India, instead of reaching Nagpur, he proceeded directly to Karnataka where the first Test match was to be held. In the end, it turned out to be nothing as he was dismissed not once but twice in a span of 48 hours. Now, as they head to New Delhi for the second Test, former skipper Michael Clarke has pointed out some of the mistakes they made.

Clarke feels Travis Head should have started ahead of Matt Renshaw, while head coach Andrew McDonald’s defense of Australia’s selection has made things more difficult, with Australia’s return to form difficult to progress to in the second Test.

“Travis Head at No. 5, if you start with him and it doesn’t work, you can make a change,” he said on Sky Play Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast. “Now, if they drop Matthew Renshaw they’ve either shot themselves in the foot because they say ‘well, we made a mistake’, and Andrew McDonald has come out and said ‘we didn’t make a mistake’ He has put himself in such a difficult position.”

Aussies do optional practice session in Nagpur after hue and cry

Australian cricket team had a practice session in Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Jamtha on Monday, opted to use the extra day they got to stay at Nagpur as the first one got over in three days.

According to VCA officials, the Australian team asked for a ground for practice from 10 am, which could have actually been the fifth day of the match as per the schedule. But after Pat Cummins’ men were bowled out for 91 in their second innings within a season, the match ended in the third as Rohit Sharma’s innings and 132 were scored thanks to Ravindra Jadeja’s superb bowling in the first innings. Were. Ravichandran Ashwin is at number two.

On Sunday, the Aussies sought to practice on the same central wicket on which they had suffered the defeat, being bowled out for 91, their lowest ever score on Indian soil. However, they had to cancel that session as the groundsmen watered the pitch after the match so that they could start preparing it for the next match.

But after their former players made a hue and cry over missing out on the opportunity to bat on that low-bouncing, slow-spinning track, the team scheduled an ‘optional’ training session on Monday, meaning players have the option of participating. can choose. in or opt-out of practice sessions,

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