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The legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday sympathised with the Indian workforce after it slumped to its lowest Test rating, saying it could be a bit unfair to be important on condition that the Australian tempo bowlers had been merely “superb”. The trio of Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc produced a sensational efficiency because the guests collapsed to their lowest Test rating of 36.
India’s earlier lowest rating was 42 in opposition to England on the Lord’s in 1974 and Gavaskar was part of that workforce.
“I mean, any team that is all-out for its lowest Test score since the time it started playing Test cricket, that’s never good to see,” Gavaskar instructed ‘Channel 7’ after India’s eight-wicket loss in Adelaide.
“But having said that, if any other team had been facing that kind of bowling, they would have also got out, maybe be not all-out for 36, maybe 72 or 80-90 but the way Hazelwood, Cummins bowled and the earlier three-over spell from Starc, they asked a lot of questions,” he defined.
“So it’s not fair to blame the Indian batsmen for the way they got out because it was just simply superb bowling by the Australian bowlers,” he added.
After ending the second day with a useful 62-run first innings lead, India confronted a batting collapse within the first session of day three.
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None of their batsmen reached double-digit scores as Hazlewood (5/8) and Cummins (4/21) terrorised the vacationers into submission.
Australia now lead the four-match sequence 1-0. The two groups will meet once more on December 26 for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, the place the guests will likely be with out the providers of skipper Virat Kohli, who will head again residence for the start of his first youngster.
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