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*Official* Australia in India 2023
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Sunil1z
International Regular
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
India's Squad for the 3rd and 4th tests: Ashwin, Jadeja, Axar and some other dudes
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Poor Rohit. You can add him in that list too. Lone shining light in the top order these years.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
The sweep. Hilarious. They don’t realize that both Ashwin and Jadeja likely literally salivate when they think the opposition will just be sweeping all day.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
They can play the sweep, the scoop, the block, the chop, the flip or the dingdong. Doesn't matter cas' after any fancy shot, the next delivery is a ball doing something funny with their name on it.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
This is the worst possible attitude to have in India and means you will lose the game before the game even starts. Now if you’re the lower order or the tail, it’s fine to think that way, but if your top and middle order thinks that, it’s over.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
It's not an attitude. It's just the reality. You can take a proactive approach but the spinners are simply too good to smack for too long.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
They should pull in Hayden as consult for the remainder of the tour. Guy once swept his way to 500 runs in these same conditions.
Senile Sentry
International Debutant
Diff bowlers though.
2001 was essentially Harby vs Aussies. The 2nd highest wicket taker for India in that series was Sachin Tendulkar.
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Senile Sentry
International Debutant
Just to add, Labu's dismissal by Jadeja was set up by Ashwin in the previous over, with Jadeja sending down the perfecr coupe de grace delivery.That's how ridiculous these 2 are now.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Can't hurt, though he'll have some task teaching these people. The reverse sweep was nowhere as prevalent in cricket back then for one, let alone Test match cricket. I understand players of recent vintage are quite expert at it but it will always remain a low-percentage shot primarily because of how unbalanced you are while playing it with any authority. And on these wickets, against these bowlers? Forget it.
Senile Sentry
International Debutant
There is a reason why the great Indian batsmen who used to toy around with spinners didn't use sweep that often. It was scoffed at as sort of what a lesser skilled batter would deploy. Just watch Rohits batting today, for whatever limited time he was around, he batted gloriously vs spin, coming down the track and playing the flicks and on drives with disdain. Also Indian batters used to show off with the paddle than the sweep which again calls for higher skills (but once you have gauged the bounce is quite a productive tool).
Slifer
International Captain
Smith made runs in his last tour. Only need to turn to him for advice.
Nah, there is a much better approach to bat against Ashwin/Jadeja and spin on turning tracks on general. You use good wristwork to neutralise the spin, or come down the wicket to get to the pitch of the ball, to both defend( a la Pujara) and attack(a la Rohit). I’m not saying Aus can surely win by this, but it’s atleast a sensible approach.
Rohit is not being given due credit here. He has batted the best any top order batsmen from either side, and could well have finished this game within 20 overs, the way he was going.
