Former Australia wicket-keeper batsman, Brad Haddin believes that the Indian team will find it difficult to make a comeback after suffering a demoralizing 8-wicket loss in the opening day/night Test in Adelaide. India was bundled out for their lowest-ever Test score of 36 in their second innings as Australia claimed an eight-wicket victory in the pink-ball Test to take a 1-0 lead in the Border-Gavaskar trophy.
During a recent chat with SEN Radio, Haddin said, “I don’t think they will (recover from the loss). I thought their only opportunity to win a Test match was the first Test at Adelaide. I thought the conditions suited their bowling and I thought they’d get enough runs. But I don’t think they’ll be able to turn it around. You’ve got one Test up at Brisbane where no one beats Australia. These next two wickets will be suited to Indian cricket, but I don’t think they’ll be able to turn it around.”
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India rewrote the history books when they won their first series win Down Under in 2018-19 on the back of a lethal pace-bowling attack. However, Team India will be missing the services of Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami, who suffered a fracture after being hit on the elbow by a Pat Cummins short ball during India’s second innings on Saturday.
Talking about the same, Brad Haddin said, “They had a great bowling attack the last time they come out here, and now with Shami out with a broken arm they don’t have enough depth to cover that. I think it’s really concerning. Yes India were driving the game and we were talking at the start of day three about how Australia would get back into it, but the collapse they had has to leave some marks.”
With skipper Virat Kohli coming back to India to witness the birth of his child, India is faced with selection dilemmas.
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Expressing his thoughts regarding the same, Haddin said, “There were a few performances from the Indian batsmen that will come under scrutiny over the next week. Do they go in with (Wriddhiman) Saha? Who goes to the top order for Prithvi Shaw? Rohit Sharma comes out of quarantine, does he come back into the side? They have a lot of things they’re going to have to tackle over this next week leading into this next Test.”
India will take on Australia in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, starting December 26.
