Australia announced the XI of the Brisbane Test
The first Test of the Ashes series starts on December 7 in Brisbane. Australia has announced the eleventh today. Australia's new Test captain Pat Cummins himself announced the Brisbane Test XI at Ash's official luncheon.
Cummins has been named Australia's new Test captain after Tim Payne stepped down over controversy. For the first time in 65 years, Cricket Australia has appointed a fast bowler as the captain of the Australian Test team.
He said Travis Head would be batting at the number five spot in the Australian XI in Brisbane. This means that Usman Khawaja is not getting a chance in the XI. Although head to head in domestic cricket, Khwaja has both played great in recent times.
Alex Carrey has been taken as the wicketkeeper. In addition to stepping down as captain, Payne has also withdrawn from cricket indefinitely. As he is not in the team, there was a discussion about who will be the wicketkeeper; Especially after Matthew Wade's match-winning performance in the T20 World Cup. But the talks ended on the day the Ashes team was announced. Carrie is the wicketkeeper of the Australian Test team in the Ashes, leaving Wade out of the T20 World Cup.
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Mitchell Starc has a place in the bowling attack. Spin-legend Shane Warne has recently questioned his place. He talked about replacing Zhar Richardson, who has done well in domestic cricket, with Stark. Warne was pressured to drop Stark in one of his columns. But in the end, he is on the team. Not only that, but he is also responsible for launching the bowling attack in Brisbane. Cummins told Fox Sports: 'Most likely I will not start a bowling attack in Brisbane. That responsibility rests with Mitchell Stark and Josh Hazlewood. "
Although Cummins opened his mouth with the Australian XI in the Brisbane Test, England captain Joe Root is still silent on the matter. We will not reveal who is in the XI right now. '
The test will start on Wednesday. Today is Sunday. This time the situation may change. The weather may change.
Root, however, hinted at playing extra spinners in the English XI, saying: 'Brisbane has always extended a helping hand to spin bowlers. This is something we are seriously considering. However, it is not time to say anything final.
Brisbane Test Australia XI
David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labushan, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Stark, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
Finally, he opened his mouth about Sourav Kohli's World Cup failure
Lost to Pakistan in the first match. In the next match, India lost to New Zealand and got cornered. Despite winning their last three matches in the Super Twelve of the T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli did not play in the semifinals. Many have said a lot after such a performance in India. That is the analysis of India's failure. But Sourav Ganguly, president of the Indian Cricket Board and former captain of the team, has been silent for so long. Finally, he talks about India's failure in the T20 World Cup. For him, this is India's worst performance in an ICC tournament in five years.
Five years means 2017 to 2021. In these five years, there have been three ICC tournaments - the 2017 Champions Trophy, the 2019 ODI World Cup, and this year's T20 World Cup. India played in the final of the 2017 Champions Trophy. They lost to Pakistan in that final and gave up their dream of winning the title. After that, Kohli lost to New Zealand in the semifinals of the 2019 ODI World Cup. Apart from this, India also lost to New Zealand in the final of this year's World Test Championship.
All in all, on the 'Backstage with Boria' program, Sourav expressed frustration over India's performance in this year's T20 World Cup, saying, 'Honestly, India did well in 2018 and 2019. In the 2017 Champions Trophy, we lost to Pakistan in the final of the Oval. I was a commentator then. Then we played great in the 2019 World Cup in England. I lost to all the teams on the way to the semi-finals. But on a bad day, everything is over. '
Considering the team's recent past, Sourav is disappointed with the team's performance in this year's World Cup. "I am very disappointed with the way we played in this year's World Cup," he said of Kohli's performance in this year's World Cup. Sourav then added, "I think this is the worst performance of an Indian team I've seen in the last four or five years."
Before the start of this year's T20 World Cup, India was the favorite in the eyes of many. But their tournament started with a loss of 10 wickets to Pakistan. They then lost their second match to New Zealand by 5 wickets. This is the first time in nine years that India has failed to reach the semi-finals of an ICC tournament. What is the reason behind such a performance, Saurabh did not analyze it.
Although he did not analyze the reasons for the failure, Saurabh said that India could not go beyond its capabilities. "I don't know exactly why this happened," he said. Sometimes it is in big tournaments. You will be stuck in one place. After watching the two matches against Pakistan and New Zealand, I think India has been able to play 15 percent of their capacity.
Sourav thinks India will turn around in these tournaments. He is hoping for something better, especially at the T20 World Cup in Australia next year. There are eight tournaments in the next eight years. That is why there is an opportunity to turn around.
Patel will have problems after taking 10 wickets in the innings
Ejaz Patel made history with 10 wickets in an innings against India. This is a history that has been seen only three times in the 144 years of Tests. All the wickets of an opponent are taken by a certain bowler in an innings in a Test, it is a rare feat in any judgment.
Three such celebrities are Jim Laker of England, Anil Kumble of India, and Ejaz Patel of New Zealand. The last of Patel's predecessors was Kumble - 22 years ago in 1999 against Pakistan in Delhi. The first incident took place 43 years before Kumble. England's Jim Laker took 10 wickets in his first Test innings at Old Trafford against Australia. Patel sat next to Jim Laker and Kumble yesterday. Chhota has become a member of this club. Whose membership is three? One of them is no more in this world.
Naturally, only Kumble is there to congratulate Patel. He also congratulated the New Zealand left-arm spinner on Twitter and warned against one thing. From his own experience, he warned Patel, "If you build this reputation, you will see from now on, everyone will ask you for 10 wickets in every match."
Kumble's warning is funny. That's right, after taking 10 wickets in an innings, a bowler has taken himself to another height. From there, there is no place for average performance, Kumble joked, but Patel said the same.
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Kumble's congratulatory message on Twitter was, 'Congratulations to you. Welcome to the 10 wicket-taking clubs. Ejaz did a great job taking 10 wickets in the first two days of the Test. I will say one thing, from now on everyone will expect 10 wickets from you in every match. '
Not only did Patel pick up 10 wickets for India in the first two days, he also made a difference in one place with Jim Laker and Kumble. Laker and Kumble both took 10 wickets on home soil. Patel is the first to take 10 wickets on 'foreign' soil.
However, in Patel's case, he has to use brackets to write the word foreign. Because he is Indian by birth. He was born in Mumbai. Having obtained citizenship there, New Zealand is now his country. That's where he became a cricketer. New Zealand's place in his history.
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