IND vs AUS: Australia captain Steve Smith will be out for revenge against Ravichandran Ashwin in Indore Test. After being shocked and enraged by his dismissal in Delhi, which plunged Australia into disaster, Smith feels that serving as Test captain will enable him to regain his best form with the bat. Vice-captain Smith will take charge of the Test team for the third time in a little over a year. Pat Cummins’ returned home after the 2nd Test due to personal reasons. Australia will now desperately try to revive their campaign in India in Indore. Follow India vs Australia LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
IND vs AUS: ‘Bedazzled’ New Aussie skipper Steve Smith set for REVENGE against Ravichandran Ashwin in Indore Test, Follow India vs Australia LIVE
During the third Test in Indore, the expected returns of Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc will be a significant aid for visitors. But the Aussies are aware that they must find methods to increase their run totals and stay away from the batting failures that have dogged them in the previous two games.
The 33-year-old admitted that his mode of dismissal had left him speechless.
“I’ve played, what, 95 Test matches (94) and I don’t think there’s been too many times I’ve walked off the field and I’ve gone, ‘what the hell am I doing?’” Smith told reporters.
“I was pretty angry. There hasn’t been too many times in my career where I’ve actually come off and just been bedazzled by what I’ve done. It wasn’t my finest moment.”
“Certainly something to learn from, I’m still learning as well. It wasn’t the way I wanted to play, particularly when I had the field set for all of us – they had the field out.”
“We probably just rushed things a little bit and it’s something we’ll talk about …when we’ve got them on the ropes, we can slow things down. We don’t have to play at such a high tempo and risky tempo. Because we had them where we wanted them, we had men out and the ability to get off strike. We just rushed it.”
IND vs AUS: ‘Bedazzled’ New Aussie skipper Steve Smith set for REVENGE against Ravichandran Ashwin in Indore Test, Follow India vs Australia LIVE
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Australia has only played at the Holkar Stadium once previously, in a 2017 ODI in which a squad captained by Smith and including Travis Head and Peter Handscomb lost to India by five wickets. Aussies are yet to settle on their starting lineup for the match.
Indore Pitch was unexpectedly well-grassed, and Smith predicted it would play similarly to Nagpur and Delhi.
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Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat
