IND v AUS: Lack of recreation plan harm Australia, says Glenn McGrath

Former Australian pacer and quick bowling legend Glenn McGrath mentioned a scarcity of a recreation plan has harm the Aussies within the ongoing Tests collection in opposition to India after the guests misplaced the primary two Tests in lower than three days on each events.

“I think they haven’t settled on a game plan on how to play spin in India that they are confident with and can execute. In the first Test, they were too defensive, and in the second Test, they were too aggressive. So we will see if they’ve learned from those two matches,” mentioned McGrath, who’s within the metropolis for his annual go to to the MRF Pace Foundation, the place he’s the Director.

“They have to find a happy medium and put a price on their wicket. In India, you have to build an innings on solid defence and then look at ways to score and put the pressure back on the bowlers,” he added.

The 53-year-old was a part of the final Australian workforce that gained a Test collection in India in 2004 and performed an important position in his aspect’s 2-1 win.

When requested if present gamers didn’t have the identical high quality because the earlier period, the Aussie legend mentioned, “I won’t say players don’t have the ability. But we came over with a good game plan. We had Matthew Hayden, who sweeps a ball well, but it’s not about just sweeping every ball. It’s about being focused on balls on the stumps, keeping out anything outside this. So it’s just about putting pressure back on the Indian bowlers. And I think, at the moment, they haven’t been able to do that.”

Commenting on the Australian bowling assault, McGrath mentioned, “They have bowled well but haven’t been able to come and clean up the tail. The last three batters (Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja and R. Ashwin) are the ones causing the problem. Also, I wonder if they got the bowling changes right. Maybe Pat Cummins could have come in earlier with a bit of reverse swing to try to pick early wickets at the death.”

McGrath additional mentioned the absence of Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green had affected the workforce steadiness however, on the identical time, additionally questioned choice choices just like the omission of Travis Head for the primary Test in Nagpur.

Looking forward to the next two Tests, McGrath – recognized for his daring and assured pre-series predictions throughout his taking part in days – grimly mentioned, “Australia has a long way to turn things around. If they leave the shores with the scoreline not being 4-0, I think they would have done well.”