Has any cricketing legend requested the omnipotent BCCI Secretary Jay A Shah how choices are going down with out a chief selector in place for the final 4 months?
Who takes all of the necessary choices at choice conferences?, asks Harish Kotian.
IMAGE: BCCI Secretary Jay A Shah, left, with President Roger Binny, proper, and IPL Chairman Arun Dhumal. {Photograph}: BCCI
It was billed because the ‘Final Check’ — the competition between the world’s high two groups — however the World Check Championship turned out to be a one-sided affair as Australia outclassed India by 209 runs.
India had their moments early on, however as soon as they afforded Australia a gap, there was no trying again. After slipping to 76/3 after being put into bat in troublesome circumstances at The Oval, Steve Smith and Travis Head hit centuries to rally Australia to 469 — which ultimately proved to be the decisive second within the recreation.
However, India’s batters, who confronted comparatively simpler circumstances on the second and third days, might submit solely 296. They may have been bundled out for a lot lesser had it not been for comeback man Ajinkya Rahane’s fantastic knock of 89 and Shardul Thakur’s 51 — his third fifty in a row on the venue — as they placed on 109 runs for the seventh wicket after the faucet order caved in early.
With time on their fingers, Australia went in for the sluggish and regular strategy within the second innings as they scored 270 in 84.3 overs, to set India an enormous 444 for victory in four-and-a-half classes.
As soon as once more India’s batting got here undone within the second innings as Rohit Sharma (43), Cheteshwar Pujara (27), Virat Kohli (49) and Ajinkya Rahane (48) all failed to hold on after getting off to begins.
Not that many fancied them chasing down 444 on a pitch which provided some uneven bounce however their tame give up on Day 5 shocked Indian cricket followers as they folded for 234, dropping seven wickets for simply 70 runs on the ultimate day as they crumbled within the first session itself.
Whereas Rahane made a comeback to…
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