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New Delhi: The Border-Gavaskar Trophy series is being played between India and Australia. In this series of four Test matches, India has taken a 2-0 lead. At the same time, on March 1, the third match of this series is going to be played in Indore. Before the third match, former Australia captain Ian Chappell has given a big statement on team selection.
Ian Chappell believes that the performance of the team under the captaincy of Pat Cummins has been very poor in this series and the reason for this is the shot selection. Along with this, he also raised questions on the team selection in the first 2 Test matches of the series.
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Chappell raised questions on team selection
Ian Chappell wrote in his column for Cricinfo, ‘There was absolutely no consistency in Australia’s team selection on this tour. Sometimes it felt irrational. Australia will be a very good team at many venues in the world of cricket. But the worries about the India tour should have started much earlier.
Said this thing for Indian captain Rohit Sharma
During this, Chappell cited the example of Indian team captain Rohit Sharma and said, ‘A successful player has to know as soon as possible how to save the first 10 minutes on a spin-friendly Indian pitch. Hope luck favors him. If he plays intelligently like Rohit Sharma did during the series then it is not impossible to bat on Indian pitches.
The former skipper further recalled his method of tackling spin in India. He said, ‘My perception of playing good spin bowling in India is old, based on experiences of more than five decades. Can those principles still work? They can if they are followed, and prudence is shown. I was taught that if you get stumped, it is not by 3 inches but by 3 yards. It was brilliant advice followed by the telling don’t look at the keeper because if you do you are thinking of missing the ball. Based on my training, I relied on my defense in India. If you don’t, as the current Australian team has shown, you easily panic and play bad shots.
