Icon's grim call on Aussie after 'bold move'

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Australia has a batch to code aft the tremendous decision to India successful the archetypal Test.

Some players successful peculiar are nether immense unit pursuing the nonaccomplishment by an innings and 132 runs successful Nagpur.

Here are my Aussie subordinate ratings for the match.

David Warner: 1/10

Davey successful India ... it's not his favourite spot to play. That's an understatement. He's averaging 22 successful India, wherever helium doesn't person bounce oregon gait connected the ball. He hasn't had that successful the past successful India and he's not going to get it astatine each successful this series, but he's going to person to find a mode to conquer batting successful India if helium stays successful the side. India is simply a unsocial spot to play.

Usman Khawaja: 1/10

Like Warner, Usman Khawaja didn't bash overmuch to lend unfortunately. That was a disappointing dismissal connected time three. Got a wide 1 and went aft it and was caught astatine archetypal slip. That was disappointing, peculiarly erstwhile you spot however the guys who did good successful this lucifer batted. They watched the shot closely, worked for their 30 oregon 40 runs. It was a unusual changeable by Khawaja.

Marnus Labuschagne: 5/10

I thought helium played beauteous good successful the archetypal innings. When helium and Steve Smith came unneurotic they were 2 down for not galore and had to resurrect Australia from a precise mediocre position. Marnus did good to marque 49 from there. He conscionable unluckily didn't footwear connected to marque that large score.

Steve Smith: 5/10

Similarly to Marnus, it was disappointing that Smith didn't footwear connected for a large people and assistance acceptable Australia up successful the archetypal innings. But Smith showed, similar connected erstwhile tours of India, that he's got the method and besides the temperament to people runs successful those conditions.

Smith has shocker successful slips

Matthew Renshaw: 1/10

To permission Travis Head retired for Matthew Renshaw was a bold, bold move. I inactive can't rather spot the logic down it, considering Renshaw is not yet a proven subordinate against rotation bowling. That was a unusual enactment and helium had a lucifer to forget.

Peter Handscomb: 4/10

He was astir apt a small unlucky successful the 2nd innings. Given not retired and was retired connected review. But he's got the softer hands and players a small spot aboriginal than most, truthful you tin spot wherefore they judge he's going to beryllium utile successful India. He has that adaptability, much truthful than galore others successful the apical six. Good of him to marque 30-odd successful the archetypal innings but, similar Smith and Labuschagne, ideally helium would person gone connected for a large score.

Alex Carey: 6/10

I thought helium kept good successful tricky conditions. Took immoderate good catches disconnected Todd Murphy's bowling. Did good with the bat with his 36. He's evidently going to effort and beryllium aggressive, which is the mode helium plays with the bat. Got retired reverse-sweeping, which is simply a changeable I don't peculiarly like, but helium evidently likes it. Among the fewer bully Aussies successful the match.

Pat Cummins: 4/10

It's ne'er going to beryllium casual for Pat Cummins bowling successful India connected those pitches. That's conscionable the mode it is. After his archetypal mediocre spell I thought helium came backmost well. Removed Rohit Sharma with a superb delivery. I don't deliberation helium could person done overmuch much arsenic captain. He was a spot constricted with the broadside they chose. When you've got 2 right-arm quicks and 2 right-arm off-spinners arsenic your four-man onslaught it's precise hard to bash overmuch much with that.

Todd Murphy: 9/10

What a terrific debut. To vessel 47 overs connected Test debut successful 1 innings is enormous, and helium bowled precise good to instrumentality 7 wickets. Bowled with precise awesome power and had immoderate troubling variations. Got immense reward for effort.

Nathan Lyon: 4/10

I've ever been disquieted astir Nathan Lyon successful India due to the fact that he's the benignant of bowler who likes pace, bounce and over-spin successful the pitch, much truthful than side-spin and earthy variation. Todd Murphy is overmuch much similar Ravichandran Ashwin than Lyon is. Unfortunately Lyon didn't person overmuch of an interaction successful Nagpur.

Scott Boland: 3/10

Went wicketless but toiled manfully. Like with Cummins, those conditions aren't going to suit Scott Boland. In the games for Australia that he's done well, which is astir each of them, the shot has nipped astir disconnected the pitch. Bowled precise bully enactment and magnitude successful Nagpur and was precise economical, but couldn't interruption done for wickets.

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