India have left me with egg on my face, says Michael Vaughan after improper ‘4-0’ prediction
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Former England skipper Michael Vaughan on Wednesday mentioned he was left with egg on his face after his prediction of an Australian whitewash of India within the just-concluded Test sequence went horribly improper.
Vaughan had earlier predicted that India can be whitewashed 4-0 within the Test sequence after the guests misplaced the primary Test in Adelaide by eight wickets following a dramatic collapse the place they had been bowled out for his or her lowest-ever Test rating of 36.
However, a battered and bruised India recovered from that loss and on Tuesday claimed a three-wicket win within the fourth Test on the Gabba to win the sequence 2-1.
“India looked shot after that match and with all the selection issues they had, even India’s most one-eyed fans would not have predicted a comeback. Well, they have left me with egg on my face,” Vaughan wrote in ‘Daily Telegraph’.
“But honestly? I don’t care. When you have cricket that good, and remarkable performances from rookie players such as Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur, I have no problem in being proved wrong.”
Plagued by a sequence of accidents, India had been left with out their star gamers like Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja within the closing Test which noticed some unbelievable performances from rookies like Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj.
Young wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant anchored the chase, whereas skilled campaigner Cheteshwar Pujara held the innings collectively.
Vaughan additionally mentioned “there is something not quite right with Australia at the moment.”
“The batting – aside from Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne – has a soft centre, the pace bowling attack, rightly hailed as being the world’s best a few weeks ago, lacked penetration at crucial moments in the last three Tests against India, and Nathan Lyon had no impact at all.”Vaughan was additionally important of Tim Paine’s captaincy.
“It will not help Paine’s cause that Australia have once again lost a close game – something they have made a habit of in recent years,” he wrote.
“I always feel that captains should be judged on how they marshal a tight match, rather than how they lead in an easy victory, and Paine is making some strange calls.”
