‘They overthink things’ - Ian Chappell opines on Australia’s selection process

Ian Chappell
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Team India once again put in a dominant display against Australia to win the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India retained the trophy for the fourth consecutive time as Australia failed to continue on their good start in the second match in Delhi.

Losing the first Test after being dominated by team India, the Aussies made some changes to their squad for the second match. The in-form Travis Head was not included in the first Test, and Matt Kuhnemann was brought into the squad after Australia lost the first game. Former skipper Ian Chappell had a lot to say on that front.

"I don’t think there was any justification for some of the things they’ve done; their selections smacked of panic, If you want to look at panic, the dropping of (Travis) Head, playing (Matt) Renshaw (in the first Test ahead of Head), saying he’s a good player of spin bowling – and you bat him in the middle order," Chappell told Nine’s Wide World of Sports.

"You come into the second Test with one quick only, you fly (Matt) Kuhnemann over from Australia and you play him ahead of (Ashton) Agar who bowls the same sort of stuff and was in the original squad. Now, are you going to tell me they’re not panic selections? This is the problem... they overthink things," he added.

Despite getting off to a decent start in the second Test, Australia were not able to continue their performance in the second innings as the bowling attack of India was too much for them to handle. Ravindra Jadeja once again starred in the match, as the 34-year-old picked up seven wickets to dismantle the batting attack of the visitors in the second innings.

Ian Chappell also reflected on the fact that Australia do not know what their ideal line-up is. "I also don't think they know what their best batting lineup is in India, but … the best batsmen are in India now. You've got to pick your best bowlers. As the selector, you have to ask who do you think will take the 20 wickets the quickest? And I don't think they've got a clue who that is, certainly not in India."

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