after thrashing by australia India With an innings and 132 runs in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar series at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur, veteran Allan Border taunted the spectators by saying that batsmen are giving thumbs up to bowlers when they are beaten outside the off-stump .
During the match, there were moments when talismanic batsman Steve Smith appeared to give a thumbs up to Ravindra Jadeja after being beaten on the outside edge in the first innings, provoking Border’s ire.
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“Play with a hard edge. I mean, when people are beating us outside off stump we are doing thumbs up. What the hell is going on? That’s just ridiculous. Don’t be silly, but Australia are tough The one with the nose plays cricket. Hum to kisi ko thums up bhi giving… Bloody hell,” Border had said. fox cricket,
In the second innings, where Australia were bowled out for 91 on Saturday, Smith top-scored with an unbeaten 25. Besides him, no other batsman scored more than 20 as Australia lost all 10 wickets in a session, with ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin taking his 31st five-for to lose the Nagpur Test.
Border commented that Australia now needed to do some soul-searching and figure out their way of playing for the remainder of the series.
“There are a lot of marks out there now, it’s going to be tough some days. You can talk but ultimately the guys with bat in hand and ball in hand have to do the job.”
“It’s going to be hard to find a way, but they just have to. A big, soul-searching dressing room drink-a-thon tonight, just to try to throw something out. This is as bad as we can play There’s only one way to go from here,” he said.
The 67-year-old was also stunned by the decision to drop left-handed batsman Travis Head for the Nagpur Test, mentioning that it was the moment that proved Australia’s Test tour of India was going to be one of ‘chaos’ Was.
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“I think the thing about Travis Head was I didn’t understand what he was thinking. In the first Test match you definitely had clarity on what you want to do, what you expect. Suspicious pitch markings and they Looking under the covers on how the pitch is looking,” he said.
“We always knew it was going to be a Turner, I don’t know why the mystery. To me it was a strange thing, that he came out of left field. I think Travis Head was the perfect example of that.” That there was chaos before they even started.”
Border further pointed out that Australia did not make much effort to dismiss India cheaply on the second day, adding that Marnus Labuschagne’s part-time leg-spin was not used much.
Australia had reduced India to 168/5, but Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel made 70 and 84 respectively, while Mohammed Shami scored 37 to take India’s first innings score to 400, giving them a substantial 233-run lead. Miley, which proved to be enough for an innings victory.
“There were certain times (on the second day) he definitely could have bowled more overs. You know how he is. He has the habit that he can bowl some full balls which is typical of part-timers, but he can also take some wickets. He was definitely underused during that entire innings,” said Border.
Apart from debutant Todd Murphy taking 7/124, the only wicket-takers for Australia were Nathan Lyon and captain Pat Cummins, which did not please Border.
“It’s a worrying thing for me that the debutant got 7-FA and the rest of the bowling didn’t show much. What does the make-up of the side look like going forward? Because it looks like Murphy is going to play, and you At this stage Nathan isn’t about to leave Lyon. So, where do we go?,” he concluded.
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