When asked if what he would’ve done being in Ravi Shastri’s shoes, Australia head coach Justin Langer said that it was none of his business. The latter though empathized with Team India after the Adelaide debacle but he is also “glad” that the visiting team is “stressed” during the Christmas weekend ahead of the Boxing Day Test.

During the virtual press conference, Justin Langer said, “None of my business. I have had enough of stress. I empathize with the opposition and I know what it feels like. If India is feeling any stress, I am glad they are and not us over the Christmas weekend.”

Langer has enormous faith in the abilities of Tim Paine and the leadership qualities he has shown in the past two years.

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Elaborating the same, Langer said, “You think about Adam Gilchrist, I guess, who transformed the game in a sense, and that is why Adam Gilchrist is an all-time great player because he transformed the game. I have got enormous faith in Tim Paine…whether it’s his wicket-keeping, his captaincy, his batting.”

He further added, “I have said publicly and privately for almost the last year, he is our most important player, because he is a lead wicket-keeper, his leadership on and off the field is incredible…we saw he can play, how well he batted in first innings under pressure in Adelaide, probably changed the game actually with the run-out of Virat Kohli, so he is a great player, a great leader and I literally love having him in our team.”

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Australia will be looking to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 4-match series but hosts suffered a big blow on Wednesday when opener David Warner failed to get completely fit ahead of the 2nd Test.