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Former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar is having not one of the Australian crew excuses of blaming Justin Langer of placing no depth and fervour within the crew as he referred to as the gamers a bunch of brats who cannot settle for they had been outplayed by India in 2-1 Test collection loss final month.
Australia, who had been thought of favorite to win the collection, misplaced to a depleted Indian squad at their bastion Gabba for the primary time in 32 years; dealing with flak from the Oz media.
Reports additionally surfaced {that a} part of Australia’s gamers had been sad with Langer’s strategies, which Gavaskar mentioned did not replicate too properly on the crew.
“The leaks to the media about Langer really displays badly on the Australian crew because it portrays them as brats who cannot settle for they had been outplayed and so must shift the blame elsewhere,” Gavaskar wrote in a column for Mid-day.
“Stories planted in the media by the players or their agents or managers are making out that it was Langer’s intensity and passion that had the players under pressure and so affected their game. This is utter rubbish as once the players are out on the field, the coach can do nothing and the players themselves have to find the answers to the questions asked by the opposition.”
Gavaskar mentioned he can solely blame Langer for one mistake within the collection and that’s opting to bat first after profitable the toss within the Second Test at Melbourne, which Indian ultimately received by eight wickets.
“The one factor that they might probably pin on the coach and the advisory group is the choice to bat first within the Melbourne Test match.
“Whether that was only the captain and senior players’ decision to bat first or whether it was one that the coach Langer encouraged Tim Paine to take is not known but apart from that possibility, the Australians have nobody else to blame than themselves.”
Earlier, Steve Smith had thrown his weight behind Langer, saying the coach has completed a terrific job during the last couple of years.
