'Shambolic' Aussies sink to record low in Delhi

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It's backmost to the drafting committee yet again successful India for Australia aft slumping into an 0-2 spread following a six-wicket nonaccomplishment successful the 2nd Test.

Australia's nonaccomplishment means India has retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy for the 4th consecutive clip - a grounds since the trophy was introduced successful 1996.

The nonaccomplishment was made much bitter by the velocity with which India snuffed distant Australia's chances of a series-levelling victory.

Here's however Wide World of Sports graded the Australians aft the Delhi debacle.

DAVID WARNER - 2/10

Mohammed Shami deed him doubly successful the abstraction of a fewer overs successful the archetypal greeting - erstwhile connected the elbow disconnected a apical edge, and past again nether the grill, again disconnected a apical edge. Despite making it done the archetypal hour, helium ne'er looked settled astatine the crease and looked peculiarly susceptible to Shami's abbreviated ball. Was yet undone by a straightening shot that moved away. It was a scratchy 15 that would person done thing to soundlessness the doubters calling for him to beryllium dropped. He was ruled retired of the remainder of the crippled owed to concussion protocols owed to that Shami blow, and past aboriginal revealed helium was batting with a breached elbow.

USMAN KHAWAJA - 7

Looked fantastic successful Australia's archetypal innings, and looked connected to people what would person been a superb ton earlier helium was undone by an all-time classical drawback by KL Rahul. Didn't truly get a accidental to settee successful the 2nd innings erstwhile helium was caught astatine limb gaffe - the archetypal of six Aussies to beryllium dismissed sweeping. Probably inactive the prime of the Aussie batters though. To that constituent successful the 2nd innings helium seemed contented to play an anchor relation arsenic Travis Head looked to play aggressively down the different end, which brings america to...

TRAVIS HEAD - 7

When David Warner was subbed from the lucifer for Matthew Renshaw, Head was thrust up the bid - having ne'er opened astatine a higher level than people cricket successful the red-ball format - to reinstate the left-right opening operation that has go Australian cricket SOP. He did precisely what was expected of him. Filled Warner's assertive boots perfectly, and guided Australia to stumps with a steadfast pb connected time two. Copped a bully shot successful the archetypal implicit connected time three. His archetypal innings was besides chopped abbreviated by different large drawback by KL Rahul astatine slip. With Warner's signifier nary uncertainty connected the decline, Head whitethorn person conscionable thrust himself to the beforehand of the queue to regenerate him.

MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE - 5

Was done with by a bully shot successful the archetypal innings, and looked a small scratchy but was moving hard successful the 2nd innings erstwhile Jadeja threw the quicker and flatter 1 astatine him, helium played backmost and helium got an borderline disconnected the bottommost of his bat onto his off-peg. As the No.3, Australia astir apt needed Labuschagne to marque a large people here. It volition spell down arsenic different missed opportunity.

STEVE SMITH - 1

It's hard to deliberation of a worse Test for Steve Smith. A 2nd shot duck successful the archetypal innings, followed by a scratchy 9 successful the second, and was the 2nd to beryllium retired sweeping. His fielding woes continued, missing what was astir apt a tricky drawback astatine a important clip successful India's archetypal innings. He didn't get a accidental to vessel successful this lucifer either. Not to accidental helium would've been the difference, but it surely wouldn't person wounded to propulsion him the shot during the beardown eighth-wicket basal betwixt Ashwin and Axar. The greats each person atrocious Tests, but this is undeniably a thin play for the erstwhile skipper.

MATTHEW RENSHAW - 0.5

Dropped for this Test, helium got a callback arsenic David Warner's concussion substitute. He was mean successful the archetypal Test, and nary amended successful the 2nd innings successful Delhi. Renshaw intelligibly has small assurance successful his antiaircraft capabilities, which goes immoderate mode towards explaining his inclination to expanse wherever possible. He besides missed a drawback successful India's archetypal innings that mightiness person fixed Australia an other 20 oregon 30 tally lead. Renshaw's circuit of India has been shambolic to date, and with the adjacent 2 matches scheduled to beryllium played connected reddish ungraded pitches - which are known for becoming full particulate bowls - it's not astir to get immoderate easier for him. Warner is successful a contention against the timepiece to beryllium fit, and you would deliberation helium volition slot backmost into the broadside astatine Renshaw's expense. But considering his signifier with the bat, and the information helium doesn't bowl, selectors mightiness beryllium amended disconnected going with a Mitchell Starc for Indore.

PETER HANDSCOMB - 6

His 72-not retired without a uncertainty rescued Australia's archetypal innings, but his second-innings duck astir apt outgo him a higher rating. It was a thing changeable - conscionable benignant of poking astatine Jadeja, which did thing but springiness Kohli catching signifier astatine archetypal slip.

ALEX CAREY - 5

With the bat, helium was shocking. Falling for a duck successful the archetypal innings, and past played an adjacent worse expanse successful the 2nd innings, astatine a clip erstwhile - arsenic the past recognised batter successful the lineup - helium truly needed to basal up. His glovework was fantabulous successful some innings though, and that saved him from a little rating. His batting remains a interest though.

PAT CUMMINS - 4

His 33 portion batting successful tandem with Peter Handscomb successful the archetypal innings was a superb reminder of what he's susceptible of with a bat successful his hand. The skipper's bowling was OK excessively successful the archetypal innings - picked up Ravi Ashwin with the caller ball, and helium wasn't excessively expensive. But helium didn't vessel himself astatine each successful the 2nd innings, adjacent erstwhile it was wide Australia were cooked. I'm inactive not convinced he's figured retired however to skipper successful India. Didn't vessel Smith oregon Labuschagne astatine all, and lone gave Travis Head 2 overs.

NATHAN LYON - 8

He had a large match. He took 5 wickets successful the archetypal innings, and had the shot connected a drawstring successful the half-hour earlier luncheon connected time two. Despite batting astatine No.10 and No.9 respectively, Lyon showed a hellhole of a batch much absorption with the bat than immoderate of his much fancied colleagues higher up the order. His acquisition successful the subcontinent showed done successful this 2nd Test. He volition beryllium licking his lips astatine the imaginable of playing connected different turner successful Indore.

TODD MURPHY - 5

After taking 7 connected debut, it was ever going to beryllium hard for Todd Murphy to travel up that performance. He was coagulated if unspectacular, but did prime up the important wicket of Axar Patel successful the archetypal innings erstwhile helium got his hands connected the caller ball.

MATT KUHNEMANN - 4

A coagulated debut - different who tin database Virat Kohli arsenic his archetypal Test wicket. Bowled OK, but was costly astatine times. Some of the Indian batters truly seemed to people him, peculiarly successful the 2nd innings, erstwhile helium went wicketless successful his 7 overs, but got tonked for 38. Not definite helium volition clasp his spot successful the broadside should selectors determine to prime an other speedy for Indore.

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