Former Australian Cricketer Mark Taylor said that Indian pitches are best suited for Indian players and that Australian players need a better technique to play in these conditions. The Australian team was hammered by India in the first two matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Mark Taylor on Wide World of Sports said that conditions in India are very different and unique, as India produces spinning tracks for red-ball cricket and it is easier for Indian players to play as they play domestic cricket on such tracks, Taylor asked for better application from the Australian batters
“Yes, conditions in India are different. Yes, the Australian side goes there more often these days with the IPL. But the pitches there are unique. There is no doubt about that. They are putting out slow low turners, which suit their type of play. And we are not used to playing on those types of pitches. But you gotta have a technique for that. The execution was poor in the second Test,”
Taylor also slammed Australia for poor shot selection in the second test and praised Ashwin and Jadeja for their bowling and hailed them for challenging the Australian batter by constantly bowling in good line and length which makes the batters play high-risk shots
“Those pitches are unique as I said. They suit the two Ravis ( Ashwin and Jadeja) very well. You always bowl stump to stump and they are always challenging your front pad and stumps. That’s why the sweep and reverse sweep are dangerous. You miss the ball and you are going to be out. It’s a high-risk shot,” said Taylor.
Australia will take on India on the third test starting on March 1 in Indore. Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc are likely to come back into the side in the Indore Test. Green will add a lot of depth to the Australian team in both the batting and bowling department. Australia will look to stage a comeback into the series in Indore.
Mark Taylor Wants Selectors To Decide On David Warner’s Future in Red-Ball Cricket
Mark Taylor, has called on the selectors to decide David Warner’s future as a Test opener. The left-handed batter has scored just a single half-century in his past 15 innings for Australia. David Warner managed to score only 26 runs in three outings in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. With age not on his side, selectors will look beyond Warner in test cricket.
“Dave has come out and said he wants to be around until 2024, so he wants to go to England later this year, he wants to play in Australia next summer. So he has thrown the ball over to (selectors) George Bailey, Tony Dodemaide, (and captain) Pat Cummins, the selectors to say ‘OK what do you want to do?’.”
David Warner has said that he was sad to leave India mid-way during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and said he hopes Australia will be able to bounce back in the next two Tests. Warner recently suffered a fracture on his elbow during the 2nd Test.