Brisbane: Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden feels that Indian Cricket team didn’t seem to believe that they can win away from home. Matthew Hayden seems not impressed with Indian cricket team.
Notify that Indian cricket team is on visit of Australia for four Test matches series.
India trail the four-match series 0-2, losing the second Test with more than a day to spare.
In a column for the “The Daily Telegraph”, Hayden writes, “India’s biggest weakness is they don’t believe they can win away from home. Whether it’s starting the day badly or not finishing an innings like they should — they seem to go missing at key moments.”
He said, “The noise around the team isn’t great either. Putting the food issue aside (which I think is embarrassing for Australia because grounds should be making an extra effort to provide the food the visitors require), you feel like India are searching for an excuse.”
He claimed that refusal of Shikhar Dhawan to come out and bat on the fourth day in Brisbane after injury had generated controversy.
Hayden said, “Shikhar Dhawan not coming out to bat on day four in Brisbane speaks of his mindset. Fear of failure is more often than not a powerful motivator and the great players like Steve Waugh use that to their advantage.”
“Dhawan’s decision clearly caused confusion in the Indian camp and his troops, including M.S. Dhoni and Virat Kohli, couldn’t rally revealing the fragility of this powerful Indian team.”
He also said, “They’ve got a false sense of what aggression means as well. I think they’ve got the talent in their bowling unit to get us out but they’re inexperienced and can’t bowl consistent Test level spells.”
Meanwhile Hayden appreciated the Indian batting.
He said, “Australia definitely has the edge when it comes to bowling but talent-wise the Indian batsmen are on par. Virat Kohli is world class — there’s an edge to his game — and Murali Vijay has gone to a new level.”
Bureau Report
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