Michael Vaughan lashes out at Australian batsmen; calls them technically poor

Even as Virat Kohli’s men stumbled in the second innings of the third Test in Melbourne after securing a massive lead in the first innings, there was no shortage of eulogies for the hero of the day, Jasprit Bumrah who returned with 6 wickets for 33 runs. While the fans back home and former cricketers praised the young skiddy pacer for his fantastic show, foreign cricketers too were excited to see him making a mark.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan, who is quite active on Twitter and never shies away from voicing his opinion, lauded Bumrah for his six-for besides criticising Australia over their poor batting display at the MCG. He said Bumrah deserved to get more wickets in the second Test in Perth which India lost but eventually reaped his rewards in Melbourne.

He also bashed the Aussie batters terming them technically poor for their disability to handle Bumrah’s fiery spell everytime the fast bowler was introduced into the attack.

As good a day of fast bowling as you can see … @Jaspritbumrah93 is outstanding !! He should have got a bag full in Perth but gets his rewards in Melbourne … The Aussies batting once again fails under pressure … Technically so poor … #AUSvIND

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 28, 2018

Australia started the day at 8/0 and Ishant Sharma struck up front to send back Marcus Harris. It was then a collapse for the home side with none of their batsmen managing to get more than 22 individually. It was the duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja (two wickets) who grounded the Australian innings as Mohammed Shami chipped in with the prized scalp of Pat Cummins who has shown a lot of character with the bat in the series.

The hosts lost first half their side for 92 and then the remaining half for another 59 runs. Bumrah’s bowling came under special praise particularly for his brilliant delivery against Shaun Marsh who was completely fooled by a slower yorker that caught the batsmen plumb.

Australia come hard at India

Australia, however, didn’t give up as they picked five Indian wickets for just 16 runs after openers Hanuma Vihari and Mayank Agarwal put up 28 runs. Cummins took four wickets for 10 runs as India ended at 54 for 5, gaining an overall lead of 346 runs with two more days to go. Agarwal, who made a half-century in debut in the first innings, was still not out on 28 and was being accompanied by Rishabh Pant who was batting on six.

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