INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Team India achieved history of the notorious sort in going down for a bus route kind of number in their total of 36 (innings closed as last
millennium sank without a trace, done in by precise bowling, the ball pitched up to a full length and aimed at the corridor of uncertainty
in-tilt to draw the batsmen into playing at the ball and taking it away
Hazlewood carried out his plan of persistent accuracy around off stump
Up against such a planned assault, the worst of Indian batting erupted in indistinct footwork, hesitancy and bats presented to the ball held
in the match on a pitch that was nowhere near Adelaide Oval standards and far from ideal for a Test match played with the pink ball that
indistinct a stroke as that of any others in the top order.The last time a similar situation occurred may have been when Team India seemed
to be on the cusp of making history but flopping was in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1997 when 120 was the fourth innings target
The West Indian attack was charged up that final morning, bowling the wicket-to-wicket line with an iron discipline and close catchers doing
But this seems to happen to Team India more often
A handy first innings lead and a bowling attack manned by such splendid men as Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Ashwin had too small a bank of runs
to defend even on such a pitch offering plenty of assistance
And Shami, the third prong of the seam trio, had to retire hurt after ducking, swaying and swishing at the ball like a man in a trance.The
Indian approach to bowling on this pitch was in sharp contrast to what the Australians did in keeping the ball up to the bat
The number of times Burns pulled Bumrah amply illustrated how the Indians were pitching it that much shorter
finish too with a dropped catch going over the line for six
The embarrassment was complete
