Steve Smith: Australian Team Took Out Indigenous ‘Jugaad’ To Improve Slip Blunders
Steve Smith: Australian team took out indigenous ‘Jugaad’ to improve slip blunders. Before the third Test (IND vs AUS 3rd Test), the Australian team has used a native jugaad to defeat Team India at its home.
Coach Andrew Borovec deflated the ball:-
Steve Smith dropped several catches in the slips in this Test series, prompting coach Andrew Borovac to use rollers, still boards and footy to deflate the ball and make Marnus-Smith’s fielding difficult.
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The Australian team has once again lost the Border-Gavaskar trophy as Team India retailed the trophy by taking a 2-0 lead in the four-Test series.
At the same time, the Australian team’s slip and close-in fielding was quite disappointing in both the Tests. According to Cricket.com.au, the Aussies have used whatever they got to strengthen their fielding.
The team strengthened its fielding during Practice:-
The Australian team has used pitch rollers, steel boards for fencing as well as Australian football to strengthen their fielding during practice.
The pitch of Indore is going to be helpful for fast bowling in the beginning of the match, however, as the game progresses, the spin bowlers will start dominating the batsmen.
On the other hand, if the pitch is for fast bowlers, then it is possible that Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green will bowl initially. For this reason, the team has worked on improving our poor slip fielding.
Steve Smith will lead the team in Naki’s absence:-
Australian captain Pat Cummins has returned home to take care of his ailing mother. At the same time, in his absence, Steve Smith will take charge of the team.
Apart from this, David Warner has also returned due to injury and in his place, Travis Head is going to start the innings. At the same time, in this Test, Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc will emerge from their injury and become a part of the playing XI.
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Australia squad for third Test: 1. Steve Smith (c), 2. Scott Boland, 3. Alex Carey, 4. Cameron Green, 5. Peter Handscomb, 6. Travis Head, 7. Usman Khawaja, 8. Marnus Labuschagne, 9. Nathan Lyon, 10. Lance Morris, 11. Todd Murphy, 12. Mitchell Starc, 13. Matt Kuhnmann.