Former India batter Gautam Gambhir has criticised the Australian batters, saying they played pathetic shots at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. India bowled Australia out for 113 in the third innings in the second Test of the four-match Border-Gavaskar series.
“You’re saying these are bad shots. I will say these are pathetic. The wicket has nothing to do with this. It hasn’t behaved very badly,” said Gambhir. The former opener said so many Australian batters got out playing the sweep shot, adding that Travis Head should not be too unhappy with his dismissal since it was a great delivery.
“The delivery to Travis Head was great, I don’t think he should be too unhappy about how he was dismissed. But if you’re looking to sweep on a low-bouncing wicket, Usman Khawaja was out while attempting the sweep, so did Steve Smith and Matt Renshaw,” Gambhir added.
He went on to say that when the ball is not coming above the shin height, they were always told to play with a straight bat.
“The ball isn’t coming above the shin height and you are attempting sweep, we are always told to play with the straight bat on such wickets,” said Gambhir.
The R Ashwin-Ravindra Jadeja juggernaut continued to haunt Australia as the star spin duo wreaked havoc in the morning session of Day 3 to bowl out the tourists for a meager 113 in the second Test at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. Australia were abysmal with their batting approach and got bundled out cheaply by the spin pair of Ashwin and Jadeja.
