MELBOURNE : A confident Australia landed in India with genuine hope of winning their first test series in the south Asian nation in nearly 20 years but they head to the third match in Indore with a 2-0 deficit and a chorus of criticism ringing in their ears.The honeymoon for Pat Cummins's captaincy is wel
MELBOURNE : A confident Australia landed in India with genuine hope of winning their first test series in the south Asian nation in nearly 20 years but they head to the third match in Indore with a 2-0 deficit and a chorus of criticism ringing in their ears.
The tour has instead been little short of a disaster, with untimely injuries, bewildering selections and familiar batting failures against quality spin bowling - all after opting against playing a single tour match."There should have been at least one game over there to get used to the conditions." Fitness queries remain over opening batsman David Warner, all-rounder Cameron Green and paceman Mitchell Starc.
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