India determined to cancel their solely warm-up fixture earlier than the approaching Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT), choosing extra time within the nets and middle-wicket follow in an intra-squad match on the WACA Stadium in Perth — a call that former England captain Michael Vaughan cannot wrap his head round.
Earlier than the BGT opener on the Optus Stadium in Perth, India have been scheduled to play a follow match in opposition to India ‘A’, however head coach Gautam Gambhir-led Indian think-tank scrapped that even earlier than arriving in Australia.
“I am unable to get my head round a group like India solely desirous to play an intra-squad sport main right into a sequence in opposition to Australia in their very own yard,” Vaughan informed ‘Fox Cricket‘. “I simply can’t see the way you get your self in that aggressive mindset of consequence by taking part in an intra-squad sport. Time will inform.”
India, nevertheless, should not coaching on the venue of the primary Check in Perth, the Optus Stadium. The squad is having closed-door follow periods on the WACA stadium, which is five-minute’s drive away from the Optus and provides follow pitches which are of the identical bouncy nature because the designated venue.
“I am stunned that this Indian aspect did not need no less than one sport of cricket, and the WACA’s the right venue as a result of it is a related pitch to Optus (Stadium), so that you get used to the bounce,” Vaughan stated. “These gamers have a distinct type of mindset to what we had, whereas we in all probability wanted extra video games.
“The fashionable participant possibly believes that they do not want (tour matches). They suppose they get sufficient cricket all year long and so they can react and simply adapt. I identical to to see groups win and stick a marker down,” he added. “They’re taking part in 12 months of the yr and get straight into it, nevertheless it’ll be intriguing to see how each units of gamers choose that first day after they’re taking part in the longer type.”
The primary Check will likely be adopted by the pink-ball day-night Check in Adelaide, after which the sequence will transfer to Brisbane for the third match of the sequence. Melbourne will host the Boxing Day (fourth) Check, with Sydney welcoming the 2 groups for the series-ending New Yr Check.
