In a surprise development, Australia national cricket team head coach Andrew McDonald is set to quit the team midway through the ongoing ODI series against the India national cricket team.
This is a big surprise, as only one match has been played so far in the ongoing three-match ODI series between the Shubman Gill-led India national cricket team and the Mitchell Marsh-led Australia national cricket team.
Australia defeated India in the first ODI
India and Australia face each other in the opening match of the ODI series at the Perth Stadium on Sunday, October 19. This was Shubman Gill’s first match as ODI captain, having replaced Rohit Sharma in the role ahead of the Australia tour.
Gill’s bad luck at the toss continued and the coin fell in Mitchell Marsh’s favor and the Australia National Cricket Team invited the Indians to bat first in the match.
The pitch on offer was spicy and the bowlers got a lot of help from the surface. Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Ellis took full advantage of this and demolished India’s top order, reducing their score to 25/3.
From there, things got tricky for India as there were several interruptions due to rain and the bowlers managed to take wickets after every break. Due to several disruptions, the first ODI was reduced to a 26-overs-per-side contest, and KL Rahul scored 38 to take India to 136/9.
Chasing the target, Australia lost the wicket of Travis Head early, but captain Mitchell Marsh played a brilliant innings to lead the team while Josh Philippe and Matt Renshaw made good contributions and the hosts won by 7 wickets.
Andrew McDonald leaves Australian ODI team
The second ODI between India and Australia will be played at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, October 23, and the third and final ODI will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, October 25.
Australia will be missing their head coach Andrew McDonald for the last two matches and a new person will take charge.
Andrew McDonald will leave the ODI team to lead a secret Ashes-planning meeting ahead of the high-octane five-match Test series against England.
In the absence of Andrew McDonald, assistant coach Andre Borovec will serve as the stand-in head coach for the matches against India.
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As far as I know, it can’t be the coach’s call – ex-India star
Continuing the discussion on coaches, former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar said that having two different captains in Indian cricket is not the decision of head coach Gautam Gambhir; Instead the selection committee may have taken this decision.
“As far as I know, it can’t be a coach’s decision. The coach has to work with the team he has got. It’s not about the coach’s comfort. The coach has to adjust to the team. It’s not the other way around. That’s how it is in cricket. You have an extremely capable batsman in Shubman Gill. He has age and he has 5-6 years of experience in international cricket. So, I think the selectors have taken the decision,” Bangar said. took Is.” Star Sports.
Meanwhile, Parthiv Patel said that having two captains instead of three makes it easier for the coach to work. He said:
“This is absolutely the right decision. Coach Gautam Gambhir had also said in his interview that people need to think about me too. We have been thinking that the team belongs to the captain, but the way coaches work these days, that effort happens behind the scenes.”
“It is not easy for him to work with captains who may have different philosophies, especially if they are not even traveling together. Shubman Gill is a player who travels with the team in all formats. It is not easy to plan and keep communicating. I am with Gautam Gambhir at the moment when he said that he needs only two captains, not three.”
