T20 World Cup: Justin Langer has been ‘chilled’ within the UAE, taken a little bit of a again seat, says Steve Smith
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T20 World Cup: Steve Smith mentioned that head coach Justin Langer has allowed extra freedom to his workers and gamers to arrange for matches and everybody within the squad is fairly clear on what roles they play. Smith mentioned that everybody within the workforce is evident on their roles. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSLanger has been below fixed stress since earlier this 12 monthsSmith mentioned that Australia have a robust workforce and everybody’s clear on their rolesAustralia beat South Africa by 5 wickets and now face Sri Lanka on ThursdayAustralia head coach Justin Langer has allowed his workers and gamers to work with extra freedom within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) throughout the T20 World Cup, batsman Steve Smith has mentioned. Australia began the T20 World Cup with a five-wicket win over South Africa with their bowlers proscribing the opposition to 118/9.
Langer has been below virtually fixed stress since Australia’s beautiful defeat in a Test collection at residence towards an injury-ravaged Indian workforce earlier this 12 months, with media stories indicating that senior gamers have been miffed by the previous opener’s tendency to micro-manage the workforce.”It’s been very chilled. He has kind of taken a back seat and just let the guys go out and do their thing, trusting their preparation. The other coaches have been able to come in and do what they wanted to do,” Smith mentioned on the Grade Cricketer Podcast.”It has been a really chilled environment the last few weeks, pretty enjoyable. The guys have really got together well. Everyone is really clear in their roles. It’s just about going out there, doing our jobs and performing well,” he mentioned.Smith mentioned that Australia have a robust squad at their disposal. “We have a really strong squad of 15. Even missing out on someone like Ashton Agar was tough considering how he has performed in T20s over the last couple of years. It takes a real strong-squad mentality to win a World Cup. We started well against South Africa but it was just the start,” he mentioned.Australia face Sri Lanka of their second match of the event on Thursday in Abu Dhabi. They are chasing their maiden T20 World Cup title this 12 months, having come closest in 2010 once they completed runners-up to England after shedding the ultimate by seven wickets.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
