Aussies blasted after 'astonishing' capitulation

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Australian Test greats person blasted the existent squad implicit their "astonishing" 2nd innings capitulation connected the 3rd greeting successful Delhi.

Resuming time 3 of the 2nd Test against India successful a presumption to perchance win, Australia needed to excavation successful and play sensible cricket to physique the pb towards 200.

But what they produced alternatively was the implicit other - a "disaster" of a greeting wherever they mislaid 9 wickets for conscionable 52 runs.

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After Travis Head nicked disconnected to a quality from Ravichandran Ashwin successful the archetypal over, what followed near cricket greats scratching their heads.

Of the adjacent 8 batters to beryllium dismissed, 5 were retired playing expanse shots - either accepted oregon reverse. Khawaja the nighttime earlier was besides retired sweeping.

"I can't judge what I've conscionable witnessed … they're satellite people players, and they've got everything to triumph successful this session, and everything to lose," Matthew Hayden said connected commentary during Fox Cricket's coverage.

"They did it truthful good past [night] successful those fewer overs, beardown scoring rate, bully defence, proactive batting, but what we've seen present is simply a catastrophe for Australia.

"It's a catastrophe due to the fact that they've gone mode implicit the borderline successful presumption of their assertive play."

Among the worst offenders was skipper Pat Cummins, who looked to hoick Ravindra Jadeja implicit midwicket archetypal shot and was bowled.

Hayden blew up astatine Cummins' changeable choice, suggesting helium should person been capable to work the crippled and set his crippled plan.

"You've got to deliberation connected your feet positive [and] work the game," helium said.

"You've got astir 13 radical successful that dugout that aren't playing the game, each having their accidental connected it, and what they would person said knowing the inclination of this venue is that archetypal league is tricky - it's not similar the past league of time two, wherever the conditions descent on, shot is hard, drier wicket.

"It's a small tacky this morning, truthful think! And past program successful the mediate accordingly arsenic a partnership."

Allan Border said astatine luncheon that Cummins and his peers panicked, earlier suggesting Aussie batters ought to beryllium banned from playing the "highest-risk" reverse sweep.

"They panicked, and you can't archer maine that the reverse expanse oregon sweeping connected that benignant of transportation is the perfect mode of scoring your runs," helium told Fox Cricket.

"There's got to beryllium different method connected that aboveground different than the highest-risk shot. Why are they going to that changeable truthful often?"

Mike Hussey agreed, saying the Australians blew a accidental to triumph the trial and support the Border-Gavaskar trophy alive.

"They volition beryllium bitterly disappointed. Coming into today, they were successful beforehand of this trial lucifer - nine wickets successful manus with a 60 unusual tally lead, helium said.

"Unfortunately they conscionable gave it distant ... a batch of them gave their wickets distant to the Indians.

"Yep they bowled well, but I consciousness arsenic though they gave them their wickets."

Ravindra Jadeja finished with figures of 7-42, portion Ravichandran Ashwin took the different 3 wickets for 59.

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