Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne became the first player in the history of international arena to be brought twice on the field as concussion sub. The right-handed batter answered the critics with a well-earned fifty. To note, Labuschagne has been criticized over his poor run in the international arena recently. With his form dropping, the Australia cricket board decided to include Tim David in the squad instead of Marnus.
Labuschagne replaced Smith in his first concussion Sub entry
As mentioned above, Marnus is the only player in the international arena to come out to as concussion sub for the second time, The right-handed batter justified the decision as he played a match defining knock for the Aussies against South Africa in Bloemfontein. Labuschagne didn’t had a good time in the last concluded Ashes either. However, the talisman has answered the critics in some style.
The mighty Aussies look great on paper for the upcoming marquee event. However, Labuschagne might be the one batter which the Men in Yellow might require on spin friendly tracks in India.
What a rollercoaster. It’s a strange thing, my mom was adamant last night I’ll play but I told her I’m not in the team. I’ve had some weird things happen with concussions. (On World Cup snub) I’ve been disappointed with how I played one day cricket, I felt like I really needed to improve and didn’t have the pressure last night going to bed, nice it all came together. (On Agar) I was so impressed with him, he stayed calm and waited for the balls in the right areas to open the game after they bowled so well,” Labuschagne said after the match.
(On whether he can still make the WC squad) That’s not my job, whatever happens is out of my control but I’m very happy to get over the line today. Feels special, the support I’ve had from my family, my mom and my grandmom were there even though I wasn’t playing, and the support I get from South African fans whenever I come here is amazing,” he added.
