Australia head coach Andrew MacDonald on his team’s poor batting performance in the second innings of the second Test here said they failed India’s test. At the end of the second day’s play of the second Test, Australia’s team was in a better position in the second innings by scoring 61 runs for one wicket, but after that the team was reduced to just 113 runs. India then chased down the target of 115 for four and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. “There will be criticism of our methods, and there should be,” McDonald was quoted as saying on Monday by the Australian Associated Press.
He said, “If you had said at the end of the second day that our preparation was good (when Australia were 61 for one), then probably you would have had a different view but what happened within an hour (on the third day) People started criticizing.” And on the third day we failed India’s test, said McDonald, who replaced Justin Langer after Australia’s 4-0 Ashes win. As far as he is concerned, the preparatory camp on spin-friendly pitches in Bengaluru provided ample preparation against spin.
McDonald said, “I think they (the team) prepared very well in Bengaluru, so there is no excuse for that.” Had to pay with defeat. “There were some people who clearly moved away from the strategy that made them successful over time. We have to be better than this, that is the most important thing, we have to adopt it. are recovering.
