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“Doesn’t Make Any Sense”: Australia Great Ridicules India’s Ahmedabad Test Strategy | Cricket News
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“Doesn’t Make Any Sense”: Australia Great Ridicules India’s Ahmedabad Test Strategy | Cricket News

[ad_1] Rohit Sharma erred in his strategy on Day 1 of Ahmedabad Test© BCCI/SportzpicsThe Indian cricket team didn't get off to the finest of starts in the 4th Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, with Usman Khawaja punishing the hosts with a century on the first day. While there's no denying that not much help was available from the surface to bowlers, Australia great Ian Chappell has also questioned the hosts' strategy to come around the wicket against left-handers, admitting that he couldn't understand the decision."One thing I can't understand is India's desire to come around the wicket the whole time to a left-hander. It just doesn't make any sense to me. You speak to all the good left-handers that I've spoken to, and they say that right-arm over the wicket is the to...
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“Really Starting To Hurt Them”: Australia Great’s Brutal Verdict On Rohit Sharma And Co | Cricket News
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“Really Starting To Hurt Them”: Australia Great’s Brutal Verdict On Rohit Sharma And Co | Cricket News

[ad_1] Usman Khawaja in action during fourth India-Australia Test match© AFPFormer Australian cricket team captain Ian Chappell criticised Indian bowlers' strategy against Usman Khawaja during Day 1 of the fourth Test match between India and Australia in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The pitch did not favour the bowlers much and although India were able to take two wickets in the first innings of the game, Khawaja played a gritty knock to slam his 14th Test hundred. Mohammed Shami was the only Indian bowler with two wickets while the spinner were unable to trouble the Australia opener. Chappell said in a recent interaction that the Indian spinners got their strategy completely wrong against Khawaja and that can end up hurting them in the crucial Test match.“I think the calmness of Khawaja has b...
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“Started To See How Important Rishabh Pant…”: Australia Great’s Big Statement On India Star’s Absence | Cricket News
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“Started To See How Important Rishabh Pant…”: Australia Great’s Big Statement On India Star’s Absence | Cricket News

[ad_1] File photo of Rishabh Pant© AFPFormer Australia captain Ian Chappell feels Team India are missing star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Pant was involved in a horrific car crash in December last year and had to undergo a surgery on the injuries he had sustained from the accident. The 24-year-old is expected to be out of action for a lengthy period due to the same. While analysing India's defeat against Australia in the third Test in Indore, Chappell suggested that the Rohit Sharma-led side is realising the importance of Pant."One of the big differences is that there is no Rishabh Pant in this Indian side. They have started to see how important Rishabh Pant is to the Indian side," Chappell said on ESPNcricinfo.While India hold a 2-1 lead in th...
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“India Need…”: Australia Great Bewildered At This Star’s Absence From Rohit Sharma-Led Squad | Cricket News
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“India Need…”: Australia Great Bewildered At This Star’s Absence From Rohit Sharma-Led Squad | Cricket News

[ad_1] The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team suffered a rare loss at home in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Indore on Friday. On a rank turner, most of the Indian batters barring the exception of Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer, could not dish out a gritty display as India lost by nine wickets. With the win, Australia have become the first team to enter the World Test Championship final while India's chances are in a bit of jeopardy. They need to win the fourth Test to ensure that  their qualification chances are not dependent on other teams' results.After the match, former Australia captain Ian Chappell said that Hardik Pandya should have played the Test series."I don't understand why Hardik Pandya isn't in the Indian team," Chappell told ESPNCri...
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“Greatest Bit Of Rubbish”: Australia Great’s Explosive Take On Controversy Over Indore Pitch | Cricket News
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“Greatest Bit Of Rubbish”: Australia Great’s Explosive Take On Controversy Over Indore Pitch | Cricket News

[ad_1] Australia Great weighs in on the controversy surrounding the Indore pitch© BCCILegendary Australian cricketer Ian Chappell weighed in on the controversy surrounding the pitch and conditions in Indore during the third Test match between India and Australia. The match did not last more than seven sessions with 14 wickets falling on Day 1 and 16 wickets falling on Day 2 of the encounter. A lot was spoken over the pitch conditions and Chappell was of the opinion that the pitch should be left to the curator without any interference from administrators. In the aftermath of Day 1's play, the former Australia skipper expressed his opinions about the ongoing topic."Should players and administrators be telling the curators how to prepare the pitch and what sort of pitch they want? It is the...
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“Getting India Cheaply In…”: Australia Great On How Steve Smith’s Team Trumped Rohit Sharma And Co. | Cricket News
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“Getting India Cheaply In…”: Australia Great On How Steve Smith’s Team Trumped Rohit Sharma And Co. | Cricket News

[ad_1] Former captain Ian Chappell believes getting India out cheaply in the first morning of the third Test here, on a pitch that offered vicious turn and uneven bounce, was key to Australia's turnaround in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Indian batters lacked application and were dismissed for 109 and 163 in two innings of the match, which Australia won by an emphatic nine wickets to seal their place in the World Test Championship final. Australia's victory came after they lost the first two Tests in Nagpur and Delhi inside three days."The key was bowling India out cheaply in the first innings. Once they (Australia) did that they gave themselves a chance to get a decent lead. It wasn't a huge lead but on this pitch it was an useful one," the legendary Chappell was quoted as saying by E...
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Cheteshwar Pujara ‘Jumpy’, Shreyas Iyer ‘Panicker’: Australia Great’s Brutal Take | Cricket News
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Cheteshwar Pujara ‘Jumpy’, Shreyas Iyer ‘Panicker’: Australia Great’s Brutal Take | Cricket News

[ad_1] Ian Chappell criticised the Indian batters for "Australian-type batting" in Indore.© AFPIndia captain Rohit Sharma's decision to bat against Australia in the ongoing third Test in Indore didn't go as planned as the hosts were bowled out for a paltry total of 109 in the first innings. Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann was the pick of the bowlers for Australia as the 26-year-old bagged his maiden Test five-for. However, former Australia captain Ian Chappell criticised the Indian batters, particularly Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer, for "Australian-type batting" on the opening day in Indore."There are some players in the Indian side that haven't convinced me that they're good players of spin bowling. I thought that the Australians spooked India early on. A couple of things happe...
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“Awfully Inconsistent, Irrational”: Australia Great Lays Into Pat Cummins’ Team | Cricket News
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“Awfully Inconsistent, Irrational”: Australia Great Lays Into Pat Cummins’ Team | Cricket News

[ad_1] Former Australia captain Ian Chappell believes sweeping is the not only way to survive against spinners on Indian pitches, instead, a batter needs to have good footwork to thrive against tweakers in sub-continent conditions. Australia's predetermined sweep ploy to tackle Indian spinners failed miserably as the hosts have won the first two Tests to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with two more matches left in the series. "Sweeping regularly is not the answer to playing good spin bowling, and anyone who says so is talking through his hat," Chappell wrote in his column for ESPNcricinfo.com."The odd player is very good at sweeping and should utilise the shot, but for the majority there are better ways. Any good spin bowler who makes the ball bounce is likely to expose the dangers in...
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‘Can’t Replicate What They Do’: Australia Great Hails Ravichandran Ashwin-Ravindra Jadeja Duo | Cricket News
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‘Can’t Replicate What They Do’: Australia Great Hails Ravichandran Ashwin-Ravindra Jadeja Duo | Cricket News

[ad_1] Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin have bagged 31 of the 40 Australian wickets.© TwitterAustralia batters have miserably failed in their attempt to tackle India's spin-bowling duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. So far in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, Jadeja and Ashwin have bagged 31 of the 40 Australian wickets. On the other hand, the Australian spinners -- Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matt Kuhnemann -- haven't been able to create the same impact. Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has pointed out how opposition spinners often try to replicate the skillset of Ashwin and Jadeja, but haven't tasted similar success."Too often they (opposition spinners) do try and replicate the skillset (of Aswin and Jadeja). Talking about Ashwin and Jadeja... They know exactly what...
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“Reports Of Pitch Doctoring Not New”: Australia Great Furious With Pat Cummins And Co After Nagpur Test Loss | Cricket News
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“Reports Of Pitch Doctoring Not New”: Australia Great Furious With Pat Cummins And Co After Nagpur Test Loss | Cricket News

[ad_1] India defeated Australia in the first Test match in Nagpur© AFPFormer Australian cricket team skipper Ian Chappell was extremely critical of Pat Cummins and Co after a disappointing loss against India in the first Test match in Nagpur on Saturday. Chappell said that Australia needed to stop paying attention to all the controversy surrounding the pitch in Nagpur and concentrate more on their game plan. There were multiple reports claiming “pitch doctoring' by the Indian cricket team and some ex-Australia players also lent support to the accusations. However, the visitors were completely outplayed and they slumped to a massive loss within only three days."The media making allegations about pitch-doctoring is nothing new. Players need to ignore this little game or else it has a debil...
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