In Australia’s first innings at Adelaide, three of India’s bowlers "recorded centuries" and another missed it by four runs. To give away a hundred runs and let two batsmen score double centuries clearly reveals the pathetic state of Indian bowling.
All that the Australians have done in this series is to merely capitalise on the Indian team’s inherent weakness. As long as India does not create an environment to produce genuine pacers, all bowlers will continue to be whipping boys of top batsmen on foreign wickets.
The call for coach Duncan Fletcher’s head has already begun. Whether it is Fletcher or even his predecessor Gary Kirsten, who is hailed as India’s most successful coach, there is only so much a coach can do if his bowlers remain feeble. What it looks like now is that the Indian bowlers, instead of creating fear in the batsmen, are scared to bowl at them. Double centuries and triple centuries can be scored against them with ease.
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