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WTC Final: “India Have Picked Wrong Side” – Australia Great Cuts No Slack In Blasting Rohit Sharma And Co | Cricket News

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WTC Final: “India Have Picked Wrong Side” – Australia Great Cuts No Slack In Blasting Rohit Sharma And Co | Cricket News

[ad_1] India take on Australia in the WTC Final at The Oval© AFPThe great Steve Waugh has become the latest former cricketer to question India's team selection for the World Test Championship final against Australia, saying they have "picked the wrong side" by not including Ravichandran Ashwin on a tricky pitch. World Cup-winning Australian captain Waugh's assessment comes after the likes of Sourav Ganguly, Ricky Ponting and Sanjay Manjrekar expressed their surprise at the Indian team management's decision to take to the field at The Oval without senior off-spinner Ashwin, currently the world's number one bowler in Tests.Waugh recalled how Australia made a similar error in the fifth Test at The Oval in 2019, a match which England won by 145 runs after Tim Paine opted to bowl first."We ma...

“Was A Bigger Rival When…”: Ricky Ponting’s Frank Reply On His Equation With Delhi Capitals Colleague Sourav Ganguly | Cricket News

[ad_1] Australia dominated world cricket for more than a decade. During the same period, the team won three back-to-back ODI World Cup titles. In 1999, Steve Waugh led Australia to their second World Cup title, before passing the baton to Ricky Ponting, who outshined him with back-to-back World Cup triumphs in 2003 and 2007. During Australia's period of dominance, only Sourav Ganguly's India came closest to possessing a threat to them. Both Ponting and Ganguly had plenty of face offs, including the one during the Sydney Test in 2008, when the former claimed a controversial catch.Despite their not so fruitful exchanges in the past, Ponting and Ganguly seemed to have buried the hatchet.While Ponting is the head coach of Delhi Capitals (DC), Sourav Ganguly is the Director of the IPL franchi...

‘Hard To Believe’: Matthew Hayden, Steve Waugh Express Shock At Travis Head’s Axing For Nagpur Test | Cricket News

[ad_1] Former Australian captains Matthew Hayden and Steve Waugh have been left shell-shocked by the axing of Travis Head for the first Test against India, with the former saying the player himself was in disbelief after knowing his fate. The Australian team management chose right-handed batter Peter Handscomb ahead of the 2021-22 Ashes "Player of the Series" Head, probably because the 29-year-old is a left-hander.The pre-match talk revolved around India preparing the Nagpur track to unsettle the Australian side packed with left-handers and that could have played a role in visitors' choice of players."I can't believe it (Head's axing). Mark Waugh actually was right next to him, and nor could Travis Head in that brief conversation," Hayden was quoted as saying on Fox Cricket after the pla...