Published - | Updated - February 14, 2023 05:11 pm
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Meetings between India and Australia have always been intense and under strain. Similar circumstances occurred in the inaugural Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test, in which India immediately applied pressure to the visitors. India humiliated Australia by an innings and 132 runs in the opening Test of the series, giving them the series win.
The Australians made some perplexing selections for their team and chose a batting lineup that can play spin effectively over guys who are on form. One of the most contentious choices made once the line-ups were revealed was Travis Head’s removal.
It is important to note that Head has been in excellent shape since last year, as seen by his 655 runs in 10 Test matches with two fifties.centuries. The Adelaide-born player went on to produce a significant half-century in the New Year’s Test against the Proteas (70) However, the south-paw has had a very poor track record in the sub-continent throughout the years. During the Sri Lanka tour, Head only made 23 runs in 2 Tests. In addition, he only scored 68 runs in 3 Test matches in Pakistan.
Head had different ideas about that, and that’s okay Andrew McDonald on the response from Travis Head
Andrew McDonald, the coach of Australia, did support the management’s choice. We recognised other people’s skill sets in such challenging circumstances, he continued. In retrospect, I believe the discussion point we had during the process will have been different. And looking back, those individuals that you willYou pretty much discussed all those debates we had behind the scenes, too, the Victorian said.
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