THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU Q SUNDAY Q DECEMBER 06, 2020 11 India favourite to wrap up T20 NZ all-rounder Corey Anderson retires from Int’l cricket, signs up with MLC in USA series despite Jadeja's absence CHRISTCHURCH, DECEM- Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians BER 5: Plagued by injuries, New and Royal Challengers Bangalore and SYDNEY, DECEM- the few international Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson, also was a part of New Zealand’s run- BER 5: The chatter around matches that he has played who once held the record for fastest ners-up finish at the 2015 World Cup. the concussion substitute hasn't been impressive. ODI hundred, called time on his inter- However, his career was affected by will remain as a resurgent For Australia, one inter- national career and signed a three- multiple injuries, including a spate of India, unlikely to be esting aspect is veteran Test year deal with USA’s Major League stress fractures, groin injuries and alarmed by all-rounder specialist Nathan Lyon be- Cricket (MLC). chronic back issues. He last played a Ravindra Jadeja's absence, ing drafted into the T20 The 29-year-old, who has played 13 T20I for New Zealand in November seek a series win in the sec- squad and it remains to be Tests, 49 ODIs and 31 T20Is for New 2018. ond T20 International seen if he replaces Mitchell Zealand, didn’t feature in any of Black “It hasn’t been an easy decision. I against Australia here on Swepson in the playing XI. Caps’ assignment for the past two asked myself several questions. What Sunday. Although he got lucky years. do I want to do now or what do I want A series win will be an with Kohli's wicket, Swep- In the 93 international games across to achieve in the next two years, five ideal confidence booster for son mostly bowled short in formats, he scored 2277 runs with two years, 10 years?” he said. India before the visitors hit his two overs and on a flat hundreds and 10 half-centuries. He “As you get older you think about Test match mode. men would be good enough What India would aspire Sydney deck, he could in- also picked up 90 wickets. life a little bit more broadly as well. Some of the Indian team to put up a good total on is a better effort from the crease Australia's worries. “It’s been a huge honour and (I am) And obviously, my fiance, Mary Mar- players are treating the board or may chase down a top-order, especially senior Lyon, on the other hand, extremely proud to represent New Anderson lamented that he could- garet, who’s born and raised in Amer- white-ball leg as a six- tricky target. opener Shikhar Dhawan, could be used in Powerplay Zealand,” Anderson, who holds the n’t play more internationals for his ica, she’s had a massive part to play in match composite series in- It will only help India that who has gone off the boil af- just like India successfully record for the fastest ODI century for country. that because she’s sacrificed so much stead of two separate for- rival captain Aaron Finch, ter the half century in the used young off-spinner his 36-ball innings against West In- “I would have loved to have for me...So, when the opportunity mats. who has been in fantastic first ODI. Washington Sundar in the dies in 2013, was quoted as saying by achieved and played more but just is arose, we thought that living in Amer- Having won two white- form, may not be fully fit. Skipper Kohli has been first six overs. ‘Cricbuzz’. what it is sometimes, and different op- ica is the best thing, not only for my ball games in Canberra, the And with David Warner al- decent without being extra- Squads His 36-ball hundred against West portunities arise and send you in a di- cricket, but it’s, it’s the best thing for Indians under Virat Kohli ready absent due to a groin ordinary and that has af- India: Virat Kohli (C), Indies on the New Year’s Day in 2014, rection you never thought would be a both of us in general as well,” Anderson will hope that the next two tear, the momentum that fected the team. A solid Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank was the fastest ODI hundred for a year possibility. Very appreciative for added. matches at the Sydney Australia had during the knock from Kohli can go a Agarwal, KL Rahul (WK), before AB de Villiers’ broke the record everything that NZC has done for me,” Anderson recently featured in the Cricket Ground (SCG) pan ODI series may not be long way in solving half of Shreyas Iyer, Manish with a 31-ball feat against the same op- Anderson said. Caribbean Premier League for the out better for them. there. India's worries. Pandey, Hardik Pandya, position. Anderson also played in the IPL for Barbados Tridents in August. Following their victory on D'Arcy Short looked out It will be interesting to Sanju Samson (WK), the back of India's first con- of place during the first T20 see if Manish Pandey gets a Washington Sundar, cussion substitute Yuzven- International and Chahal second game. Ideally, he Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit dra Chahal's terrific bowl- rightly exposed his chinks, should get one more game Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Chahal playing was within rules but don’t ing display, India will enter bowling wide of off-stump but his discomfort against Navdeep Saini, Deepak the second game with a lot because he had a limited Adam Zampa was quite vis- Chahar, T Natarajan, more confidence even range of strokes on the off- ible and the Indian innings Shardul Thakur. agree with concussion substitutes: Gavaskar though Jadeja's batting side. lost the moment when he Australia: Aaron Finch SYDNEY, DECEM- doesn’t endorse the concept lower down the order will Steve Smith, for all his started wasting deliveries. (C), Sean Abbott, Mitchell BER 5: Indian batting as he feels it is a leverage be missed. greatness, isn't exactly the Between Pandey and Swepson, Alex Carey (WK), great Sunil Gavaskar finds given to batters for a techni- It can't be denied that his best T20 player around and Shreyas Iyer, there isn't Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazle- nothing wrong in Yuzven- cal deficiency. unbeaten 44 off 23 balls is more at ease playing the much of a difference as they wood, Moises Henriques, dra Chahal coming on as a “On the business of con- made the difference be- second fiddle to an en- are same type of players, Marnus Labuschagne, “concussion substitute” for cussion substitute itself, I tween a winning score and forcer. who need some time before Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Ravindra Jadeja but does- don’t agree with it. May be I a sub-par one. Glenn Maxwell has limi- they counter-attack. Sams, Kane Richardson, n’t like the concept of teams am old fashioned and I have However for Kohli, he tations which both Jasprit For Sanju Samson and Steven Smith, Mitchell being provided cushion for a always believed that if you would expect that he Bumrah and Thangarasu the in-form Hardik Pandya, Starc, Marcus Stoinis, batsman’s inability to face are not good enough to play wouldn't need contribu- Natarajan had exposed in the job will be to utilise the Matthew Wade (WK), bouncers. the bouncer and get hit on tions from lower-middle or- the last ODI and first T20 last six overs even though D'Arcy Short, Adam Chahal replaced Jadeja, the helmet, then you don’t der and the top five bats- respectively. Samson's temperament in Zampa. who got hit on the head, in deserve a substitute. I am the first T20 International sorry,” Gavaskar said, forth- and did a star turn with fig- right in his observation. Blackwood, Joseph stall New Zealand's push ures of 3 for 25 in the team’s “But at the moment, it is 11-run victory in Canberra. mally say like-for-like and match referee had no objec- being allowed as part of the “First and foremost let Chahal is not an all-rounder tion to that. So I don’t see rules of the game and ac- for 1st Test win against West Indies' pair me say that match referee is but if he goes out with the why there is so much of cording to the rules of the they have only nine wickets. a former Australian crick- bat whether it’s one run or noise about it,” Gavaskar game, there was no prob- But Blackwood and eter David Boon. He was 100 run, he is an all- said. One of the greatest lem with Chahal playing in- Joseph combined in an un- okay with Chahal substitut- rounder,” Gavaskar told In- batsmen to have played the stead of Ravi Jadeja,” broken seventh-wicket ing for Jadeja. They nor- dia Today. “An Australian game, Gavaskar however Gavaskar added. partnership which broke the dominance of the New Zealand bowlers and was Taylor warns against abuse of concussion substitute worth 107 runs at stumps. While New Zealand still lead by 185 runs, the pair rule, says should be used fairly and responsibly brought some respectabil- SYDNEY, DECEM- But was there a like for like ity to an otherwise bedrag- BER 5: Former Australia replacement? Jadeja was gled West Indies perfor- captain Mark Taylor has more of an all-rounder, and mance.