Australia will battle India in the second Test which will be held at the Perth Stadium.
Australia head coach Justin Langer has resorted
back to the wise words of former great Allan Border to help his batsmen find
some good form in the ongoing 4-match Test series. Australia suffered a 31-run
defeat in Adelaide primarily due to the failure of their batsmen as they were
unable to put up scores of more than 300 in either of the innings.
“Allan Border used to say there’s more time in
Test cricket than you’ll ever imagine … you can bat so much time,” Langer was
quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
“That’s one of the messages to our young
batsmen. One of the things we talk about is partnerships and patience, building
pressure on the opposition … it’s one of the important virtues of being a
successful Test cricketer.”
Australia will battle India in the second Test
which will be held at the Perth Stadium. Amidst uncertainty over the surface in
Perth, Langer said, “I’m really fascinated and can’t wait to see what the
wicket brings. There’s only been one four-day game in its history.”
I went and watched a bit of the NSW versus WA
game — there was certainly some pace and bounce there. We’ve also seen some
pace and bounce in it during the one-dayers and T20 game. Time will tell what
the wicket brings… If we can get (WACA-style pace and bounce) it’d be a great
thing for Test cricket,” Langer added.
Australia squad: Tim Paine (c, wk), Josh Hazlewood
(vc), Mitch Marsh (vc), Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, Peter Handscomb, Marcus
Harris, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Peter Siddle,
Mitchell Starc, Chris Tremain
India squad: Virat
Kohli (c), Murali
Vijay, KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya
Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit
Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wk), Parthiv Patel (wk), Ravi Ashwin, Ravi
Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed
Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh
Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
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