Former coach Darren Lehmann has described the decision to omit Travis Head from the first Test in Nagpur as 'ridiculous' while also questioning Australia's preparation for the series. 9News
"Not playing Head was ridiculous, and he could have bowled some extra overs," Lehmann said.
"The hardest thing for him now is how is he going to try and stay in the side after having such an amazing two years at home. "If he's ever going to succeed it was going to be off the back of the confidence the home series gave him. "Obviously they had their reasons but the records of the other blokes aren't overly flattering either apart from [Steve] Smith, and [Marnus] Labuschagne is obviously a good player of spin."Head is expected to come into calculations for the second Test in Delhi, potentially replacing either Matthew Renshaw in the middle order, or even partnering Usman Khawaja at the top in place of the struggling David Warner.
Lehmann, who also toured India as a player, making his Test debut in Bengaluru in 1998, also questioned the decision to leave the players in the BBL rather than head to the subcontinent early. "Ideally, they should have played a tour game," he said."But it's still batting for a long period of times in the heat and getting used to the ball, things like that. So a tour game would have been handy ideally, but they decided to do the BBL, but maybe they needed a tour game.
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