Australia had to face defeat in the first Test match and in such a situation the Kangaroo team is trying to improve itself in any way to return in the second Test.
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australian cricket team Border-Gavaskar Trophy Has come on India tour for a special reason, has been in the most discussion. This is his practice session. On arrival in India, the Australian team practiced on their own for a week instead of playing practice matches, where they took batting practice against Indian spinners with action like veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. It did not show any effect in the Nagpur test. Now the second Test is going to be held in New Delhi and just before this, the team’s star batsman Steve Smith was again seen practicing in a strange way, which has surprised.
The Australian team, which succumbed to the Indian spinners in the Nagpur Test, would like to make a comeback in the second Test match starting on February 17, but it is not going to be that easy. In such a situation, the team has practiced fiercely against spin bowling. However, such a picture emerged from the Australian team’s nets session at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground on Wednesday, February 15, which surprised and filled with curiosity.
Smith’s strange batting practice
Australian team’s star batsmen Smith and Marnus Labushen are known for their batting as well as their practice sessions. Often both are seen practicing or talking batting together. This time too it was something similar but something unusual. In fact, during the nets session, where Labushen was practicing batting and facing the bowler, Smith was also trying to play each ball according to its length by holding the bat right behind him.
Labushen was batting but Smith standing behind him was doing ‘shadow practice’ on those balls.
here are @stevesmith49 and @marnus3cricket taking batting in pairs to the next level. They’re facing the bowler together, at the same time #IndvAus pic.twitter.com/TMsBdLKdZJ
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) February 15, 2023
Will Australia get the benefit?
Independent cricket journalist Bharat Sundareshan, who was covering the Test series, posted these pictures on his Twitter account, which took everyone by surprise. Many Twitter users even went so far as to say that Australia is not getting success because of this kind of strange practice because the Australian team is not preparing to play the game in a normal way thinking more than necessary.
Now whatever be the reason behind Smith’s practice, he and his team would like to see its benefits in the Delhi Test. Smith batted aggressively in both the innings of the Nagpur Test but could not score big.