Usman Khawaja has come beneath hearth after feedback he made within the wake of Australia’s nightmare outing through the second Test towards India.
The Aussies have been blown off the park in Dehli on the third day of the second Test because the line-up capitulated to be all out for a measly 113 runs within the second innings.
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The horror displaying noticed the Aussies collapse inside 90 minutes after coming into the day’s play in a dominant place of 1/61.
But a reliance on attempting to repeatedly sweep the Indian spin assault led to their undoing as Ravindra Jadeja and Ravi Ashwin tore the center out of the guests.
It meant India solely required 115 runs to safe victory and an unassailable 2-0 lead for the Border-Gavaskar trophy.
Khawaja was the primary to depart together with his wicket falling late on day two as he tried to paddle a sweep across the nook just for the ball to lollipop to the fielder.
But it was his feedback after the sport which have raised eyebrows and ruffled feathers.
Making an look on SEN’s podcast with Gerard Whateley and Bharat Sundaresan, the left-handed batter tried to downplay what had transpired through the Test.
“Sometimes that’s just how it goes. We were just out-skilled, we didn’t execute well enough today unfortunately. We executed quite well in the first innings, we just couldn’t do it for the whole game,” Khawaja stated.
“There’ll always be outside noise but at the end of the day we’re out here trying to win games of cricket for Australia.
“You have to pick your poison, one way or another. You can get out blocking or you can get out trying to execute shots we’ve been practising. That’s just the way it goes.
“If you’re looking short sighted, it sucks, but we’ve still played a lot of good cricket over a long period of time.”
The feedback didn’t go down effectively with Whateley as he blasted the angle and mindset of the Aussie opener, taking goal at one specific line.
“They will have to come up with better than “it’s just how it goes,” Whateley stated.
Fellow SEN commentator Adam Collins additionally known as out Khawaja over his nonchalant angle in the direction of the carnage that had simply unfolded.
“I don’t know if that’s reading the room,” Collins stated.
“They’re laughing at us now.
“That bit about, ‘There’ll be outside noise’. I don’t know if that’s reading the room particularly well from Usman. I acknowledge he is one of the most mature cricketers in the world at the moment and he is entitled to his view and it should be respected, but the outside noise is going to be there from everywhere and to ignore it would be a mistake.
“Even that line about picking one’s poison. What’s the starting point – that they are going to be outdone by Ashwin and Jadeja and they just have to pick the way they are going to get out? I don’t know if that’s the right starting point at this level when you’re the No. 1 side in the world. It feels like there is a mindset issue here in addition to the chasm here on these surfaces.”
The remarks from Khawaja echo the same sentiment to Glenn Maxwell’s remarks after Australia have been knocked out of the T20 World Cup.
Australia have been knocked out on run charge after profitable 4 video games, shedding one and seeing their conflict with England rained out.
But the bitterly disappointing outcome didn’t resonate with Maxwell who shrugged it off like water off a duck’s again.
“You can‘t dwell on it. I think you move on pretty quickly,” he stated.
“We‘ve got a one day series against England probably 24 hours later and then we’ve got the Big Bash and then we’ve got four day cricket.
“Cricket never stops so you don‘t get time to dwell. Maybe when you retire you think back to it would have been nice to win that but it doesn’t mean anything.
“I wish we had of won but we didn‘t.”
Source: www.news.com.au
