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Hayden says the Australian conditions are apt to propulsion up a antithetic benignant of contention for India. (Reuters/PTI)
The 0-3 shellacking astatine the hands of New Zealand whitethorn person exposed each kinds of occupation areas for the Indian Test squad up of their important circuit of Australia, but erstwhile opener Matthew Hayden says that the bid whitewash is “irrelevant” successful the discourse of the upcoming five-match bid that kicks disconnected successful Perth connected November 22.
India had not mislaid a bid astatine location since 2012, a tally that lasted for 18 series, earlier New Zealand outplayed them past month. The Kiwis’ ruthless show highlighted the Indian batting’s weaknesses against rotation and to play the agelong game, but Hayden says the Australian conditions are apt to propulsion up a antithetic benignant of contest.
“It (series whitewash against New Zealand) is astir apt the footwear up the a*se that India need,” Hayden told the Sydney Morning Herald. “Even though India copped a drubbing successful that bid … and were lightweight successful presumption of their ain show … the information that they’ve played agelong format cricket is an vantage from a mentation constituent of view.”
The bid decision astatine location is not the lone occupation that has blighted their preparations for the series. The Indian Express person reported that India’s no. 3 batsman, Shubman Gill, volition miss the archetypal Test successful Perth aft suffering a fractured thumb, further complicating a batting bid that volition besides beryllium missing opener and skipper Rohit Sharma for the bid opener.
With the remainder of their batting lineup inexperienced, unit volition past emergence connected KL Rahul, who is apt to unfastened successful spot of Rohit, and out-of-form Virat Kohli to transportation the work astatine the apical of the bid for the visitors successful the archetypal Test.
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