Khawaja torched for casual response to Delhi debacle

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Usman Khawaja is facing heated disapproval aft shrugging disconnected Australia's disastrous second-innings show successful Delhi.

India retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy connected Sunday aft Australia capitulated to a six-wicket nonaccomplishment successful the 2nd Test

The Aussies resumed time 3 successful a presumption to equine a series-levelling victory.

However, what transpired was a disastrous greeting league wherever the tourists unravelled - losing 9 wickets wrong 90 minutes.

Khawaja was Australia's archetypal wicket to autumn successful the 2nd innings. This soon doubled arsenic the archetypal of six Aussies to depart trying to expanse India's rotation attack.

After apical scoring with a good 81 connected time one, Khawaja was dismissed for six aft sweeping the shot to Shreyas Iyer astatine limb slip.

Despite the team's chaotic show with the bat, Khawaja looked the prime of Australia's XI.

Speaking connected SEN's cricket podcast, Khawaja played down Australia's dismal performance.

However, his blasé effect was not good received, infuriating pundits arsenic helium conceded determination was thing much the squad could person done.

"Sometimes that's conscionable however it goes," helium said.

"We were conscionable out-skilled, we didn't execute good enough, unfortunately. We executed rather good successful the archetypal innings, we conscionable couldn't bash it for the full game.

"There'll ever beryllium extracurricular sound but astatine the extremity of the day, we're retired present trying to triumph games of cricket for Australia.

"You person to prime your poison, 1 mode oregon another. You tin get retired blocking oregon you tin get retired trying to execute shots we've been practising. That's conscionable the mode it goes.

"If you're looking short-sighted, it sucks, but we've inactive played a batch of bully cricket implicit a agelong play of time."

Host Gerard Whateley was little than impressed with the nonchalant comments, questioning the opening batter's framework of mind.

"They volition person to travel up with amended than, 'It's conscionable however it goes," helium said.

Fellow SEN commentator Adam Collins besides disagreed with Khawaja's remarks.

"They're laughing astatine america now," helium said.

"That spot about, 'There'll beryllium extracurricular noise'. I don't cognize if that's speechmaking the country peculiarly good from Usman.

"I admit helium is 1 of the astir mature cricketers successful the satellite astatine the infinitesimal and helium is entitled to his presumption and it should beryllium respected, but the extracurricular sound is going to beryllium determination from everyplace and to disregard it would beryllium a mistake.

"Even that enactment astir picking one's poison. What's the starting constituent – that they are going to beryllium outdone by Ravi Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja and they conscionable person to prime the mode they are going to get out?

"I don't cognize if that's the close starting constituent astatine this level erstwhile you're the No.1 broadside successful the world.

"It feels similar determination is simply a mindset contented present successful summation to the chasm present connected these surfaces."

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