![]() Steve Smith and Nathan Lyon hold the □ to Australia’s success in next month’s #INDvAUS Tests according to Ian Chappell. ![]() Achieving batting success will be a big challenge for the Australian batters, especially if Ravindra Jadeja bowls successfully in partnership with the highly efficient R Ashwin. “Smith, with 60, is the only current Australia batter on the tour to average more than 30 in India. The former Australia captain further wrote that the key for the Indian bowlers would be to keep Steve Smith quiet. On the pace triumvirate, Chappell said: “Australia’s ‘big three’, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, all average in excess of 30 in India and they’ll need to particularly display improved old-ball nous to achieve better results in India.” Their confidence in their pace bowlers also needs to be tempered by what they have achieved in India.” “Australia need to ditch any temptation to obey the right and left-arm theory and only choose the best bowlers for the conditions. While Lyon feels he has improved as a bowler on the subcontinent, his support comes from bowlers like Ashton Agar and Mitchell Swepson, who are both unproven quantities. “Lyon is the only proven performer and even he averages in excess of 30 in India. If Australia can’t rely on Lyon claiming regular wickets at an acceptable rate, their bowling will then depend greatly on the ‘big three’ (Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc).”īut all of them, including Lyon, average in excess of 30 in India, Chappell pointed out. “One of the main tasks for Indian players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara will be to establish mental superiority over Lyon. The key for Team India would be to establish a “mental superiority” over ace Aussie spinner Nathan Lyon. “No one can replace Pant’s desire to dominate bowlers, so India have to rely on their top batters not only performing, but also maintaining a good strike rate,” he said. The main thing India will lose from Pant’s unavailability is an excellent run rate, which came from his belligerent aggression. “India also have some points to prove, not the least to do with how Pant’s replacement performs. Pant was ruled out after sustaining injuries in a horrific car accident last month and, in his absence, India have the rookie duo of Ishan Kishan and KS Bharat, who are yet to play Tests. Their confidence is further boosted by a serious injury to Rishabh Pant, which means the wicketkeeper-batter’s gregarious personality will be sorely missed,” wrote the 79-year-old. “Australia are portraying confidence after displaying strong form on their own pitches. In their last tour of the country, they began with a big win in the Pune Test but went on to lose the series 1-2. Australia, on the other hand, are in search of a first series win in India in 19 years. It’s been more than a decade since India lost a Test series at home - to England 1-2 in 2012.
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