In a surprising development, Australian national cricket team head coach Andrew McDonald will be leaving the team midway through the ongoing ODI series against the Indian national cricket team.
This comes as a big surprise as only one match has been played so far in the ongoing three-match ODI series between the Indian national cricket team led by Shubman Gill and the Australian national cricket team led by Mitchell Marsh.
Australia defeated India in the 1st ODI
India and Australia locked horns with each other in the opening ODI series at Perth Stadium on Sunday, October 19. The match was Shubman Gill’s first match as ODI skipper, having replaced Rohit Sharma in the role before the Australia tour.
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Gill’s bad luck with the toss continued as the coin fell in favor of Mitchell Marsh and the Australian national cricket team recommended that the Indians bat first in the match.
The pitch on offer was a spicy one and the bowlers got a lot of help from the surface. Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Ellis made the most of it, dismantling India’s top order and reducing them to 25/3.
Things only got more difficult for India from there. This was due to repeated rain and the bowlers managed to pick wickets at each break. Due to multiple interruptions, the first ODI was reduced to a contest of 26 overs a side, with KL Rahul top-scoring with 38 to take India to 136/9.
Chasing a target, Australia lost Travis Head early on, but captain Mitchell Marsh led his team from the front with a fine knock, with contributions from Josh Philippe and Matt Renshaw as the hosts cruised to a seven-wicket victory.
Andrew McDonald leaves Australia ODI team
The second ODI between India and Australia will be held at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, October 23, while the third and final ODI will be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, October 25.
Australia will be without head coach Andrew MacDonald for the remaining two games, with a new manager taking charge.
Andrew McDonald will be leaving the ODI squad to spearhead a secret Ashes planning meeting ahead of a high-octane five-match Test series against England.
In the absence of Andrew McDonald, assistant coach Andre Borowec will take over as head coach for the match against India.
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As far as I know, it can’t be a coach’s instruction – former India star
Continuing the discussion on coaches, former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar said it would not have been head coach Gautam Gambhir’s request to have two different captains in Indian cricket. Rather, the selection committee would have made that decision.
“As far as I know, it can’t be at the behest of the coach. The coach has to work with the team he’s in. It’s not a question of coach comfort. The coach has to adapt to the team, not the other way around. That’s what happens in cricket. We have a very talented batsman in Shubman Gill. He has age on his side and has five or six years of experience in international cricket. That’s why I think the selectors got him this award,” Bangar said. star sports.
Meanwhile, Parthiv Patel said having two captains instead of three will make it easier for coaches to sort things out. he said:
“This is a perfectly justified decision. Coach Gautam Gambhir also said in an interview that people need to think about me too. We used to think that the team belonged to the captain, but the way coaches work these days, the efforts behind the scenes, we have thought that the team belongs to the captain.
“It’s not easy to work with captains who have different philosophies, especially when they don’t travel together. Shubman Gill is one of those players who travels with the team in all formats. It’s not easy to plan and keep communicating. I’m with Gautam Gambhir when he said we only need two captains and not three.”