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CA forced selectors to pick India Test squad early: Mark Waugh
Sydney: Selector Mark Waugh Thursday said Cricket Australia’s (CA) “marketing purposes” hampered the Test selection process for the upcoming series against India, starting Dec 4.
Australia will name their squad for the first Test Monday, a day before a round of Sheffield Shield matches, that would have been extremely useful for selectors to gauge the form of several Test hopefuls.
Waugh made the candid admission when asked why the squad for the first Test against India was being picked almost two weeks before the match.
The current scenario forces the selectors to make their decision this weekend, also taking a potentially premature decision on captain Michael Clarke’s fitness.
“We’re sitting down Saturday to pick the first Test team. It doesn’t actually allow us to look at the second (next) round of Shield matches,” Waugh was quoted as saying by the Herald Sun.
Waugh was also asked why he couldn’t plead with CA for more time before making a final call on the Test squad.
“Ideally, you would like to see the second round of Sheffield Shield matches but that’s not a decision the selectors have made,” he said.
“Cricket Australia have made that. It’s for marketing purposes.”
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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