In May 2020, Australia was ranked No. 1 in Tests and T20Is. The Test team retained the Ashes and won seven consecutive Tests at home. He had also won four consecutive T20I series including victories in India and South Africa. They have lost five consecutive T20I series and one home Test series to India. With reports of massive media tension between coach Justin Langer and players due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s how it happened

September 2020 :

Australia toured England with a fully prepared squad for three T20Is and three ODIs. This was the first thing Corona did since stopping world cricket. In the first T20I, they needed a total of 39 runs in 39 balls. In which a total of nine wickets were in hand and lost. Australia also lost the second game, losing the series. But the dead rubber won. He then won the first ODI and succumbed to another batting. And collapse from a winning position in the next game. Verbally scolded the team as they did not learn anything from their mistakes.

There were reports in nine papers in Australia about the simmering tension between the coach and the players. During the Gabba Test match, that the players were concerned about the atmosphere of the team. Langer was shocked by the media reports but said it was “a wake-up call”.

Australia was then to pick two teams for the simultaneous. Test and T20I tours in South Africa and New Zealand respectively. Langer was to take charge of the Test team while senior assistant Andrew McDonald was to guide the T20I team. The first-choice Test team was selected. But the tour of South Africa was canceled due to Cricket Australia’s concerns over South Africa’s biosafety protocols. Australia lost the opening two games in New Zealand before Finch and Maxwell. Stood tall with the intention of leveling the series at 2-2. But batting was not efficient in the decider and they lost the series 3-2.

June 2021 :

Langer had joined Rajmandit in a pre-tour camp on the Gold Coast prior to successive limited-overs tours to the Caribbean and Bangladesh. The findings of an internal review into performance in India vs Australia were presented to the group. Langer addressed the findings together with the players. Which Finch described as a confrontation. For the coach but Finch’s meeting was successful and the group was “100 percent behind him”.

July 2021:

Australia toured the West Indies for a total of five T20Is and three ODIs. Minus Warner, Cummins, Smith, Maxwell, Stoinis, Kane Richardson, Jhye Richardson, and Daniel Sams, who all suffered from bio-bubble fatigue or injury. Following the postponement of the IPL. withdraw the reason. Australia’s selectors thought of leaving Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green at home in England. And did not select many others with international experience. The T20I team again broke from the winning position. In the first game of the tour and lost the series 4–1.

Finch was ruled out of the ODI series because of a knee injury. Carey was appointed captain. Which are one of Australia’s most inexperienced ODI teams. The series was interrupted due to the fear of Corona. This elicited the desired response in the judgment. Australia went on to win the series. With a stunning chase from Glenn Maxwell and Alex Carey, which the coach described as one of the best series wins he was involved in.

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November 2020 :

Australia won the ODI series with one game to spare. Thanks to two masterclasses from Steve Smith in the first two ODIs of the home summer.

Steven Smith hits back-to-back centuries against India Getty Images
December 2020-January 2021

Australia comes back in full force for Test series:

Injuries and the need for players to rest from the biosecure bubble saw Australia lose the T20I series. In which the matches of Aaron Finch, David Warner, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, and Marcus Stoinis were not included. Australia came back in full force for the Test series and won the first match in Adelaide. When he dismissed India for a total of 36 runs. But they lost the series against India’s other team along with Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra. Jadeja, and R Ashwin all missed decisive at the Gabba. Australia’s batsmen failed twice in Melbourne. Dropping crucial catches on the final day in Sydney, snatching a draw from the jaws of victory. Earlier bowlers Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant ran out of gas at the Gabba with engineering. A famous chase for Chen to claim.

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