Former India captain Sachin Tendulkar was disenchanted at Staff India’s loss in opposition to Australia by 209 runs within the ICC World Take a look at Championship ultimate on the Oval in London on Sunday, June 11.
Tendulkar stated that the suppose tank leaving out World No.1 Take a look at bowler Ravichandran Ashwin stunned him probably the most. The 50-year-old identified that the off-spinner would have been useful for the reason that Aussies performed 5 high quality left-handers.
Apparently, left-handers Travis Head (163) and Alex Carey (66*) had been the highest scorers for Australia within the one-off Take a look at.
Tendulkar tweeted:
“I fail to grasp the exclusion of @ashwinravi99 within the taking part in XI, who’s presently the primary Take a look at bowler on this planet. Like I had talked about earlier than the match, skillful spinners don’t at all times depend on turning tracks, they use drift within the air and bounce off the floor to disguise their variations.”
The legendary batter continued
“To not overlook, Australia had 5 left-handers out of their prime 8 batters.”
Ashwin is the primary cricketer to dismiss 200+ left-handers in Take a look at cricket. The 36-year-old was the joint Participant of the Sequence within the just lately concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the place he picked up 25 wickets within the four-Take a look at sequence. In England, he had picked 18 wickets in seven Checks.
The all-rounder is equally useful as decrease order batter with 5 tons in Take a look at cricket. Thus, the choice raised a number of eyebrows.
On the choice to omit Ashwin from the crew, India captain Rohit Sharma stated earlier than the toss:
“The situations and in addition the climate being overcast. The pitch will not change an excessive amount of. It is at all times powerful (to depart Ashwin), he is been a match-winner.”
“India needed to bat massive within the first innings” – Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar added that India’s additionally did not put up an honest rating of their first innings, which was one of many causes behind their loss. He wrote on Twitter:
“India needed to bat massive within the first innings to remain within the recreation, however they couldn’t.”
After Australia scored 469 of their first innings, India responded with 296, courtesy of Ajinkya Rahane’s 89. This noticed the Aussies take a primary innings lead of 173 runs.
Rohit Sharma and Co., although, bounced again to scale back the Aussies to 170/8 of their second innings. Nonetheless, Australia had stretched their result in 444 to achieve a slight edge within the contest. Staff India was finally bundled out for 234, which noticed them lose back-to-back WTC finals.
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