IND vs AUS | We did our best but were outplayed by India, admits David Warner
Cricket | January 20, 2021 17:23 ISTWarner said Australia will now look to focus on their tour of South Africa to stay in the race for the WTC title.
Warner said Australia will now look to focus on their tour of South Africa to stay in the race for the WTC title.
The debutant off-spinner removed Warner two runs short of his fifty as India picked four wickets in quick succession to exert pressure on Australia; Brett Lee blames the third umpire for making a poor call.
India gained the breakthrough in the very first over of the innings, as Mohammed Siraj removed David Warner, courtesy of a terrific catch at slips from Rohit Sharma.
Australian batting star David Warner on Tuesday condemned the racist slurs hurled at Indian players, particularly pacer Mohammed Siraj, during the third Test here and said such behaviour by the spectators was not acceptable.
Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, and Mike Hussey not pleased with Warner's technique following his return to international cricket post injury lay-off.
The Indian pacer removed the veteran Aussie opener, who was making a reutrn after an injury lay-off, for cheap in the third Test before rain interrupted play.
Warner is still not hundred percent fit but Paine's eulogies bore testimony to team's desperation to get their opener back in the wake of their batting unit's flop show in three of the four innings so far.
Wasim Jaffer strikes again with a funny video depicting David Warner returning from injury to find his place back in the playing XI at the cost of out-of-form Joe Burns.
The 34-year-old opener is fit to play the third Test, beginning on Thursday, after missing out on the first two matches, says Oz skipper Tim Paine.
Warner missed the first two Tests against India as he had incurred a groin injury during the ODI series in November.
The coach said they will keep Warner in the slips to help him save energy though he may feel some discomfort while fielding.
The first innings of the first Test saw both Matthew Wade and Joe Burns add 16 runs in 14 overs while in the second Test, both Burns and Wade added 10 in just over four overs in first innings and four in three overs in the second innings.
Warner talked about the inclusion of T Natarajan in the India Test squad as replacement for Umesh Yadav ahead of the third match against Australia.
Warner says that he will get a clear idea of where he stands during the training sessions on Saturday and Sunday.
The left-handed opening batsman was included in the Australia Test squad for the last two Tests in Sydney and Brisbane with team assistant coach Andrew McDonald hinting on Thursday that he would be played even if he is not 100% fit.
In the absence of Warner, who was recovering from a groin muscle tear, Australia's batting failed miserably in the first two matches.
Warner is gearing up to play the third Test in Sydney, having missed the first two Tests due to a groin injury.
Australia have brought back Warner and Pucovski, who were recovering from a groin injury and concussion respectively, to the squad while dropping struggling opener Joe Burns for the remaining two Tests.
Burns has been dropped after his scores of 8, 51*, 0 and 4 in the first two Tests and will Warner all set to make his return after having recovered from the groin injury he incurred during the ODI series against India.
Australia coach Justin Langer had said prior to the second Test that Warner was batting well but had trouble running between the wickets.
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