India’s lowest record in test cricket of 36 left many in shock, including former Australian fast bowler Damien Fleming. Fleming, who comments for the BBC and was at the Adelaide Oval, was speechless as he watched Indian batting unravel in one of the most ruthless demonstrations of fast bowling ever seen. In fact, Fleming was so horrified that he couldn’t remember any international team being bullied the way India’s hitters were.
“I see it, I see 36, but I don’t think so. It’s crazy. The last time I saw that they would have been under 12 years old, ”the BBC quoted Fleming as saying.
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Many believe it was the Australian bowling alley, rather than the Indian hitting, that caused the implosion. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believed that any team would have fought this type of bowling, and while the score might not have been as low as the one posted by India, the way Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood operated, to combine nine wickets between them, it would have let any batting lineup in the world have failed.
On the contrary, India’s captain Virat Kohli felt that lack of execution was the reason behind India’s miserable batting show. In fact, Kohli stated that the Australians pitched in much the same way in the early innings, and India was on top of that for a while before losing their way in the innings. Fleming felt that this was the only way Australia could have won this, especially after India had acquired a 53 lead in the first inning.
“It wasn’t excessive,” Fleming said of whether there were demons on the field for hitters. “But they didn’t throw a bad ball. And bowlers in India might rightly think ‘what have we done?’ I wouldn’t have wanted to see Australia chasing 180 on that. “
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