LIVE: 'Kryptonite' exposes painful failings

Comments from some Pat Cummins and Steve Smith that a bid triumph successful India would beryllium bigger than winning the Ashes successful England person drawn a crisp effect from erstwhile England skipper Mike Atherton.

"How would they know," helium asked successful his file for The Times.

Atherton pointed retired that Australia hasn't won a bid successful England since 2001, portion the 2004 broadside remains the past to triumph successful India.

"No progressive Australian subordinate knows what it is similar to triumph successful England," Atherton wrote.

"Mind you, they don't cognize what it is similar to triumph successful India either, wherever they person fared adjacent worse.

"Australian batsmen person often fixed the content of being homesick travellers, happiest against Kookaburra balls connected level pitches, and acold little definite erstwhile conditions connection swing, seam oregon spin.

"A moving shot is similar kryptonite to Australian batsmen, reared connected hard pitches wherever they tin play aboriginal and deed done the enactment of the shot with freedom."

The occupation with the moving shot is 1 the Australian batters will look successful the 2nd Test, wherever the visitors volition request to extremity a 36-year streak to level the Border-Gavaskar Trophy astatine 1-1.

India hasn't mislaid astatine the Arun Jaitley Stadium since 1987, erstwhile a West Indian squad afloat of all-time greats chased down a 4th innings people of 276, with Viv Richards making an unbeaten century.

In Australia's past Test connected this ground, successful 2013, some Ravindra Jadeja and Ravi Ashwin picked up 7 wickets for the lucifer arsenic India eased to a six wicket win, the authorities of the transportation possibly summed up by the information Australia's opening bowlers successful the 2nd innings were Nathan Lyon and Glenn Maxwell.

Australia's batters mustered conscionable 177 and 91 a week agone successful Nagpur. They'll request to marque importantly much successful Delhi if they're to person immoderate accidental of forcing Mike Atherton to devour his words.