Border Gavaskar Trophy: Aussie legends were quite critical of Australia after they dropped the first two Tests of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
By winning the second Test of the series, Team India maintained possession of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The Australians made a strong start but were unable to capitalise since their batting collapsed in the second innings due to outstanding performances by Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin.
Australia has received harsh criticism from cricket experts all over the world following their poor performance. Adam Gilchrist, a former great stumper-batter for Australia, was among the experts who discussed the squad’s composition and Ashton Agar’s exclusion from the starting lineup.
Gilchrist perceived the team’s treatment of Agar, who was 29 years old, as an insult. Todd Murphy made his debut in place of Agar for the first two Test matches.
In an interview with SEN Radio, Gilchrist said, “There have been rumblings that he [Agar] would be on a flight home because he might feel like he’s surplus to needs over there, and I can understand why without being in the camp and knowing the specifics of why he wasn’t picked.”
Yet, he continued, “I know from travelling and going on many tours that you felt that if you were picked on the tour in a larger squad, you normally anticipated the players who were first reserves to step in unless it’s a really extreme like for like that had to come in.”
Gilchrist also thinks Renshaw might lose in forthcoming games.
Australia will seek to improve after their poor showing in the first two games, so there may be some changes to the starting Eleven. In the forthcoming games, according to Gilchrist, Matthew Renshaw might be let go from the team.
Gilchrist added, “It looks like Renshaw is probably the guy that would drop out if that happens because he looks like he’s a little bit scrambled as to where he fits into the picture. Maybe they keep the three spinners if that’s what the conditions warrant, and then Green comes in and adds that nice balance.”
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