'Clueless' Aussie move 'smacked of panic'

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A erstwhile Australian skipper has accused Test selectors of "overthinking" the lineup, arsenic the fallout from Australia's disastrous 2nd Test illness continues.

Ian Chappell said panic had acceptable into the Australian squad good earlier a shot was bowled successful Delhi.

He said portion overmuch disapproval had rightly been made of the Australian batting performance, the bowling enactment near overmuch to beryllium desired - peculiarly the determination to alert Matt Kuhnemann successful for the 2nd Test. Kuhnemann played successful beforehand of Ashton Agar, contempt the second being portion of the archetypal squad.

"I don't deliberation determination was immoderate justification for immoderate of the things they've done - their selections smacked of panic," Chappell told Wide World of Sports.

"If you privation to look astatine panic, the dropping of Head [and] playing Renshaw saying he's a bully subordinate of rotation bowling, and you bat him successful the mediate order.

"You travel into the 2nd Test with 1 speedy only, you alert Kuhnemann implicit from Australia and you play him up of Agar, who bowls the aforesaid benignant of stuff, and was successful the archetypal squad.

"Now, are you going to archer maine they're not panic selections? This is the occupation … they overthink things."

While plentifulness of sound has been made astir the batting lineup, Chappell said Australia's champion batters were connected the tour, portion helium wasn't convinced the aforesaid could beryllium said for the bowlers.

Mitchell Swepson was taken to India but didn't play successful the archetypal test. He flew location for the commencement of his kid and was unavailable for the second. Leg spinner Adam Zampa was besides overlooked for the tour.

"I don't deliberation they cognize what their champion bowling lineup is. I besides don't deliberation they cognize what their champion batting lineup is successful India, but … the champion batsmen are successful India now," Chappell said.

"You've got to prime your champion bowlers. As the selector, you person to inquire who bash you deliberation volition instrumentality the 20 wickets the quickest? And I don't deliberation they've got a hint who that is, surely not successful India.

"In Australia, they cognize damn good - 3 quickies, Green arsenic a 4th seamer, and 1 spinner, they're good here.

"But this is not Australia - it's India and you've got to find a mode to play well, and Australia haven't recovered that method."

Given the caller shot successful some innings, Kuhnemann finished with lucifer figures of 2-110 from 28.3 overs. He was targeted by the Indian batters successful a peculiarly costly 2nd innings, which saw him decorativeness with figures of 0-38 from conscionable 7 overs.

Chappell said helium wasn't overly impressed with Kuhnemann's debut.

"Agar indispensable beryllium bowling precise severely if they prime him successful the archetypal squad, and they enactment this feline successful up of him. What the hell's Agar doing?" helium asked.

"There wasn't a batch to beryllium impressed by Kuhnemann.

'I'm precise gladsome it's their enactment occupation and not mine."

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