Former captain Ian Chappell believes dismissing India cheaply on a wicket with poor flip and uneven bounce on the primary morning of the third Test right here was the important thing to Australia’s return to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The Indian batsmen lacked software and have been dismissed for 109 and 163 within the two innings of the match, which Australia gained by 9 wickets to seal their place within the World Test Championship closing.
Australia’s victory got here after shedding the primary two Tests in Nagpur and Delhi inside three days.
“Getting India out cheaply within the first innings was essential. Once they (Australia) did that, they gave themselves lead. It was not an enormous lead, however and helpful lead.
“And then, chasing solely a low rating within the second innings, Australia misplaced early wickets after which Head determined to assault solely, solely then Australia ran out of the sport.
“So the key for me was to get India cheap in the first innings and it took a lot of courage to change things from what happened in the first two Tests,” he added.
Chappell mentioned the guests knew what they wanted to do to show issues round on the tour, however the implementation fell brief within the first two matches.
“Australia talked about what they had to do, talking about it is the easy part, doing it is the hard part and Australia did that in this Test match.”
Terming Travis Head’s omission from the primary two Tests as ‘ridiculous’, the 79-year-old mentioned lastly sanity has crept into the choice committee for the Australian tour.
“That was ridiculous non-selection, stupidity that was but at least the Australians have seen the error of their ways,” he concluded.
The fourth and final Test of the sequence will likely be performed in Ahmedabad from March 9.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
