Australia coach Andrew McDonald says changing veteran opener David Warner with Travis Head on the prime of the order has not been mentioned “at this stage”.
Head, the world’s No.4-ranked Test batter, was controversially axed for the Border-Gavaskar collection opener attributable to his poor report in Asia.
But the daring transfer didn’t repay as Australia crashed to an innings and 132-run defeat in Nagpur.
Head’s substitute at No.5, Matt Renshaw, made scores of zero and two and spent a lot of the second break day the bottom with knee soreness.
Talk has centred round Warner’s future for months, however the 36-year-old secured his spot for the tour of India when he smashed an excellent 200 within the Boxing Day Test.
Warner averages a dismal 22.16 throughout 9 Tests in India and registered scores of 1 and 10 at VCA Stadium.
But McDonald has defended Warner, with no Australia batter passing 50 in both innings of the primary Test.
“It’s a sample size of one game, in Nagpur,” McDonald mentioned on Sunday.
“We haven’t discussed that (Head as opener) at all.
“The profit out of shedding the sport so shortly is we have a little bit bit extra suppose time to work by way of what situations are for us and and that begins (on Sunday).
“We go down to the ground and work through that, but that hasn’t been a discussion at this stage.”
McDonald defended the decision to axe Head, who’s averaging 45.23 in 33 Tests and hit two centuries final yr.
“We valued others skill sets in those extreme conditions,” McDonald mentioned.
“The hindsight is that those people that you will compare the competition for place around (Renshaw and Warner) didn’t perform the way that we’d probably expected.
“(Head) had completely different ideas on that and that is truthful sufficient.
“He’s entitled to have different thoughts on that along with others, and we’re not saying any decision that we make is right or wrong.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
