The discussion surrounding the scheduling of matches during India’s tour of Australia , perhaps, must have been centered around playing for...
The discussion surrounding the scheduling of matches during India’s tour of Australia, perhaps, must have been centered around playing formats in ascending order of importance. Bilateral One Day Internationals are the least of priorities for India at the moment so have them set aside first, before we move on to T20 internationals and then the Test cricket.
And so here we are, after Virat Kohli and Co averted a clean sweep in the ODIs, looking ahead to three matches of the shortest format that will restart India’s preparations for the T20 World Cup, now the one to be held in India in 2021.
Struggling for balance in ODIs, India will have enough options to choose from to pose a stiffer challenge to Aaron Finch and Co when the two sides clash in a three-match T20 series beginning in Canberra on Friday.
Kohli suggested that, after more than two months of Indian Premier League action, the Indian team perhaps were starting to clock out early during the fielding innings during ODIs but they should be warmed up now and in a better position to take on the hosts.
Australia had already played T20Is in England before the IPL began but this series will mark the resumption of India’s mission...
