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Australia’s batting coach said, you have to play carefully in India

Australia’s batting coach Michael Di Venuto said on Tuesday that his team made a huge mistake by trying to increase the scoring rate in the second Test and they should play very carefully in India. India retained the Border Gavaskar Trophy by winning the second Test in Delhi by six wickets. Di Venuto said his batsmen were proceeding according to plan until the collapse of the innings. Australia had lost the last eight wickets within 28 runs.

Australia’s batting crumbled like a house of cards after Steve Smith was dismissed attempting a sweep shot and his entire team was bundled out for 113 runs in 31.1 overs. India got the target of 115 runs which they achieved in 26.4 overs. “Definitely our strategy went wrong,” Di Venuto said here on Tuesday. We had made a good strategy but if the players work outside the strategy then they will have to face problems and that is what we saw.

“Definitely we had a bit of an upper hand then in the match and the players felt that if we get another 50 early the team will be at an advantage but you can’t do that in this country. We talked about it, so it was not like it was something new. “Di Venuto said,” But strange things happen under pressure and we saw many of our players playing sweep shots as soon as they went to the crease. Want to score runs. Not that it is a matter of great disappointment but those 90 minutes of batting were not good.

Most of Australia’s batsmen lost their wickets trying to play the sweep shot, and Di Venuto admitted that it could be risky for a player who is not expert in playing it. “It was certainly clear where we went wrong. We followed a similar approach with the bat. You have to play it safe and move forward in this country. If you deviate from your strategy then you will be in trouble.

Di Venuto cited the example of opener Usman Khawaja, who averaged over 150 in Pakistan last year and did well in the subsequent series in Sri Lanka. He said, “Usman batted very well in the first innings in Delhi and he also did well in Pakistan and other countries of the subcontinent. It (sweep shot) is part of his game but he also has to choose the right ball for that. Meanwhile, most members of the Australian team have taken a few days off. Some of its players are going to Agra to see the Taj Mahal while some are playing golf.

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