“Stung By Criticism”: Australia Legend Explains Motivation For Team’s Massive 2nd Test Win vs India | cricket news

Legendary wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist believes Australia had been “stung” by the criticism following their loss in Perth, however have returned to their finest, pushed by captain Pat Cummins’ managed aggression. Australia, who had drawn a variety of flak for the 295-run loss within the opening Perth Test, bounced again by registering an emphatic 10-wicket win within the second recreation to stage the 5 match sequence 1-1. “You could see just through his (Cummins) celebrations that… every wicket that he took he was more aggressive in his celebration,” Gilchrist mentioned on Fox Cricket.

“Not in that lose control extent but you could just see that clearly they’d been stung by a bit of criticism around after their performance (in Perth) and they internally would have been so disappointed with the way they played in Perth.

“So it (Adelaide celebrations) confirmed you what it meant to them they usually knew that they had been again on the stage they wish to play their cricket,” Gilchrist added.

The former wicketkeeper-batter said it felt the captain had “a grease and oil change” after the lacklustre performance at Perth.

“Cummins was excellent, he regarded like if there wanted a little bit of a grease and oil change after Perth and a tune up, he was purring by the tip of it, in order that was terrific to observe.” In the pink ball Test, the pace trio of Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland took all 20 Indian wickets with spinner Nathan Lyon bowling just one over.

“They had been only a unit, the three bowlers, Nathan Lyon solely had one over (within the match) and Mitch Marsh 4, however aside from that the massive three, Starc, Boland, Cummins hunted as a pack and bowled as a unit and that was actually enjoyable to observe,” Gilchrist added.

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