Analysis: Australia have played boldly in Delhi and have their noses in front in the second Test
Credit where it is due. Australia had pledged themselves to a bolder approach to this Test after the debacle of the first. It sounded like false bravado, but after two days,The first Test in Nagpur was a rude reminder of the trials of cricket in India. For this second Test, on another spinning pitch, Australia knew they could not depend on a draw and so had to win. Otherwise, the trophy would stay in India.
In his retro protest, Kohli was aggrieved because the ball may have hit his bat at the same time as his pad. So it might. But that wasn’t the basis of his original complaint. To lies, damned lies and statistics, we really should add batsmen’s alibis.Yes, Australia took risks and rode their luck, but within that framework, they exercised discipline. The spin attack was jerrybuilt, but their least achievement was to make the Indians play at every ball. It was patent Indian-style cricket.
Australia had lived by the sword, but now found itself unarmed. Murphy and Kuhemann were L-platers, captain Pat Cummins underbowled himself and could not generate reverse swing in any case. Two catches slipped through Steve Smith. A mooted 100-run lead was crumbling into a likely deficit. What had come around was going around.
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