The ODI series between India and Australia has been a low-scoring but close affair. After India won the first match, Australia bounced back with an emphatic 10-wicket win in the second match. With the series decider scheduled in Chennai, much has been said about the encounter. India head coach Rahul Dravid speaking at a press conference on the eve of the final.
Butt said in a video on his YouTube channel, criticising Dravid for his comments in the press conference –
“Rahul Dravid said that they will keep trying different combinations. Pehle series toh jeeto! Badalna toh irrelevant hai (First win the series! Changing combinations is irrelevant). We’ve to see how you solve your batting concerns first. All this talk about team combinations… this is were the confusion starts. How much do you want to change?”
Dravid said that the team has achieved its goals from the series and would like to rotate some players. However, Dravid’s comment did not go down well with former Pakistan batsman Salman Butt. Butt hit out at Dravid, saying that the focus should now be on the third match as the fate of the series is yet to be decided.
Butt further said –
“At this moment, all the conversations should be around the third ODI and how to win it. If someone asks a different question, you can say that it has got nothing to do with the match. He has talked a lot about combinations, this shouldn’t be so frequent.”
