Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria criticized Australia’s Pat Cummins’ poor shot in the second innings of the Delhi Test against India on Sunday, February 19. Questioning the Aussie skipper’s decision to play a slow sweep on the first ball, Kaneria opined that Cummins should have batted more responsibly. Kaneria also said that if an Indian or Pakistani captain was out like this, the team management would have asked him to return home.
Australian batsmen don’t know how to play in front of the stumps. Everyone was out trying to play the sweep shot. Is this how Pat Cummins should have batted as captain? Cummins came out to bat after talking to Peter Handscomb. I think he was scared when he knew he had a good turn. Kaneria said if an Indian or Pakistani captain did this, he would have been sent home the next day.
This defeat will make the Australian team cry. This will not allow them to come back. At one point they had the upper hand over India. However, they didn’t know what to do when India hit back.
Australian batsmen had no answer against the Indian spinners. They didn’t know what to do. Ravindra Jadeja was brilliant with the bowling and Ravichandran Ashwin also used his experience very well. Rohit Sharma scored runs with a good shot. Australia’s scorecard was like someone’s mobile number – Kaneria added.