Australia needed a bit more attitude, says Michael Clarke after India win Brisbane Test
Cricket | January 20, 2021 11:22 ISTClarke, however, would not blame team leader Tim Paine for the unthinkable Test series defeat at home.
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.
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