Ravi Shastri and Michael Vaughan slam senior pro Usman Khawaja for not taking strike against Jasprit Bumrah

“Twenty-four minutes, it was to conscionable get done the day’s play.

“Just small details similar that, I’d emotion to person seen the elder subordinate conscionable accidental to the youngster I’ll instrumentality the archetypal implicit for us.”

Khawaja’s erstwhile opening spouse David Warner defended the elder pro. He said: “I’m beauteous definite Uzzy would person really asked him again erstwhile helium was walking out, ‘Do you privation maine to instrumentality it?’ and I deliberation the young feline would person said, ‘Yeah I’ll instrumentality it, I privation it’.”

However, Ravi Shastri was not connected the aforesaid leafage with Warner and minced nary words against Khawaja.

Nathan McSweeney has received a maiden Test telephone for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. (Cricket Australia)

“I deliberation the prime should not spell to the young antheral – that’s the occupation of the squad manager and the captain,” Shastri said.

“Usman should person been told, ‘You are taking strike’.

“If you spell and inquire that young kid, if helium says, ‘I don’t privation to instrumentality strike’, connection would spell astir he’s soft.

“Don’t springiness him that opportunity. Go and archer the elder pro, ‘Go and instrumentality guard.’”

Where is the adjacent opener?

Former Australia pacer Brett Lee chipped successful saying the determination to spell with Nathan McSweeney implicit an established opener has nonstop a incorrect message.

“(McSweeney’s) a fantastic player, he’s done precise good successful Shield cricket but ne'er really had that accidental to bat successful that apical position,” helium said.

“Some volition accidental if helium bats 3 oregon four, is determination a difference? Well it is simply a difference. It is simply a antithetic role.

“He’s up against arguably the world’s top bowler successful Jasprit Bumrah firstly connected a greenish apical connected time 1 and past secondly helium gets 1 to sprout done truthful helium hasn’t had the hitch of the greenish yet.

“The interest is, what connection does that nonstop to the different opening batsmen astir Australia?

“We person heard of different players, (Cameron) Bancroft has done precise good the past mates of years, Marcus Harris was thrown successful the premix again that helium was close, scoring runs. Sam Konstas who bats astatine the apical of the bid volition person that accidental arsenic well. It’s concerning.”