The Historic India vs Australia series is underway in Nagpur. At the end of day one, Team India is well on top coming back from injury Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja picked up a 5-wicket haul to bundle out Australia for 177 runs. At the end of Day, 1 India were 77-1 with skipper Rohit Sharma remaining unbeaten with 56 runs.
Earlier in the day Former Australia captain Steve Waugh hit out at Australia’s decision to drop Travis Head from the starting line-up in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Hard to believe we can drop the No. 4 ranked Test batsman in the world and probably our best batsman in the last 12 months, plus he bowls better than average off-spin. Let’s wait and see – maybe the Aussie selectors are geniuses! #gamble #overanalysing? #waitandsee,” wrote Waugh on Instagram.
“I’m Just Speechless,” – Matthew Hayden On Travis Head Exclusion
The Australian team had tough selection calls to take, especially due to Cameron Green and Josh Hazelwood failing to recover from their injury. To everybody’s surprise, Pat Cummins and the Australian team management decided to leave their regular batter Travis Head out, who has been in excellent form against South Africa came as a shock for many
Australian legend Matthew Hayden commentating on Australia’s decision to drop Travis’s head
“I can’t believe it. He was the player of the summer. Totally different conditions I know in Brisbane but his 90 there was just so damn good, He made it look like it was flat, and it wasn’t. It was an absolute raging green top. But his mindset and his ability to be able to score quickly, and he’s a good player of spin as well. I’m just speechless,”
However, Head’s form in the sub-continent could be a reason for him being dropped from the starting line-up. Head averages just 21.30 in Tests in Asia and has not scored a century outside Australia whereas Peter Handscomb is a better player of spin and had a decent outing against India in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2017.