IND VS AUS: Andrew McDonald- Indian cricket team outclassed their opponent in the first test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy at Nagpur. Men in Blue won the first test match against Australia by an inning and 132 runs at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. Australia’s cricket coach Andrew McDonald acknowledged the host nation’s lower order batting skills with batters likes Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin.
Australian coach Andrew McDonald acknowledged India’s lower-order batting skills-
“Their (India’s) lower-order batting is also going to be a differentiator in this series in (Ravindra) Jadeja, (Axar) Patel and (Ravichandran) Ashwin, they’ve got a really strong lower-order and we’re going to be challenged by that,” said McDonald.
The former Australian cricketer McDonald replaced former Aussie opener Justin Langer as a Men’s cricket team head coach.
“I think if you start to shift and change dramatically and too quickly you start to get lost. Clearly, we’re disappointed with our first-up performance, we are realistic though, it’s a four-Test series so there’s a long way to go,” he said.
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“The planning and preparation that went into it, we still feel that can work and we’ve got some quality players in the change room that can get us back on the right side“, mentioned Australia cricket coach
“India put us under extreme pressure, we didn’t maximise our first innings and when you get behind in the subcontinent it’s a long way back and things can happen fast and that’s what we saw play out. The third day’s play is probably a reflection of not maximising that first inning after winning the toss“, concluded Mcdonald
India had terrific lower-order partnerships which helped India to post a score of 400 runs in 1st innings. Indian lower-order batsman Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Mohammad Shami have provided a valuable contributions with the bat, on the other hand, Australian lower failed miserably. The second Test between India and Australia will be played in Delhi from February 17 onwards.