Over-by-over report: Can Australia recover from a heavy first Test defeat in the second match of their tour in Delhi? Find out with our writers
Exciting news: looks like we will have another spinning debutant for Australia: 26-year-old Brisbane left-armer Matthew Kuhnemann has been selected for his first Test and will form a spin trio alongside Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy. Travis Head has also been named to return.
Kuhnemann has played ODIs for Australia for six wicket 31.8 and 13 first-class matches for 35 wickets at 34.8. Not exactly ‘storming-down-the-door’ stats but the selectors need something special so they’ve rolled the dice.Hello cricket fans, and welcome to Delhi for day one of the second Test between India and Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. I’m Angus Fontaine and I’ll be calling the action for you over what should be a fascinating day’s play.
All of the above according to the critics. Allan Border reckons Australia were too “nice”, citing Steve Smith’s thumbs-up praise for India’s spinners while batting. And former India captain and coach, Ravi Shastri decried the “timid, almost un-Australian” fashion in which the men in baggy greens surrendered in Nagpur. At least everyone agreed that axing star batter Travis Head for Matt Renshaw was a catastrophe and promoting Todd Murphy was a masterstroke.
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