Australia's thrashing at the hands of India was slammed as the 'nightmare of Nagpur' with the country's media reeling after witnessing one of the team's worst batting performances in recent memory. Ravichandran Ashwin tore through Pat Cummins' team to set up the hosts' comprehensive victory by an innings
Australia's thrashing at the hands of India was slammed as the"nightmare of Nagpur" with the country's media reeling after witnessing one of the team's worst batting performances in recent memory.
In an article headlined"Australia humiliated in the present, but future even shakier," Daniel Brettig, the chief cricket writer of The Age newspaper, wrote,"The hosts were as knowing as the tourists looked uncomprehending. "Instead, it is to prepare something tricky but playable, safe in the knowledge that its subtleties are more than likely to be lost on most touring players."
"Australia's failure ... was not Saturday, but on the first day, when 174 was a poor use of success at the toss," he wrote.
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