IPL 2021 Auction: Can't believe Aussie T20 captain Finch hasn't been bought, says Michael Clarke
Cricket | February 20, 2021 15:49 ISTFormer Australia Test captain said that being sold at the IPL auction will upset Aaron Finch.
Former Australia Test captain said that being sold at the IPL auction will upset Aaron Finch.
Former Australian skipper fears that Smith may find an excuse to opt-out from the IPL as the money is too low for him to spend so much time away from home.
Tim Paine's tactics were questioned particularly during the third and fourth Test and he admitted that the pressure got to him which led to blunders behind the stumps.
Clarke, however, would not blame team leader Tim Paine for the unthinkable Test series defeat at home.
The former Australian captain was not pleased with the attitude of the Indian batsmen on Day 1 and doubted their ability to cope with Kohli's absence from second Test onwards.
With the 36-year-old Paine reaching the fag end of his career, a fresh captaincy discussion has started.
With Cameron Green making a case for his selection with a hundred against India A, Clarke feels in that case Wade should be pushed up the batting order.
Virat Kohli will go on a paternity leave after the first Test in Adelaide, leaving vice captain Ajinka Rahane at the helm of the team.
Clarke feels that despite featuring in only one Test, the talismanic Indian skipper could still play a huge role in the outcome of the red-ball series by dominating the limited over matches.
During his illustrious career, Hussey played under some of the greats of the game like Ricky Ponting, MS Dhoni, Michael Clarke and Rohit Sharma.
Clarke represented Australia in 115 Tests and also led Australia to World Cup victory in 2015. In addition, he's also the side's fourth-highest run-getter in the longest format of the game.
Australia's limited-overs captain further hailed India's bowling attack of 2018/19 tour and said you can't hide against that kind of attack.
Dean Jones stood against Michael Clarke's words and said the Australian team doesn't want to provoke Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni as both of them like confrontation.
Khawaja and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis were the two big names who were dropped from the central contracts list.
Michael Clarke recalled a fascinating story about Shane Warne's cigarette-addiction and also talked about his relationship with former coach John Buchanan.
Srikkanth emphasized that sledging cannot help teams win matches and no one can score runs or get wickets through it.
Former Australian batsman Michael Clarke has said that Sachin Tendulkar was the hardest batsman to bowl to.
Pat Cummins explained that the Aussie team were trying to play less aggressive cricket after the ball-tampering scandal.
Paine rubbished Clarke's claims that his team had "sucked up" to Kohli in order to land fat deals with IPL franchises, calling it a a tactical decision not to engage Kohli into verbal duel during the 2018-19 series but there was no other motivation.
The list comprises two from India and South Africa and one each from Australia, West Indies and Sri Lanka.
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