The result of the recently concluded second test match against Australia wasn’t expected from the cricket experts as visitors outclassed the host by eight wickets in Melbourne especially after suffering a humiliating loss in the first test match after getting bowled out on 36 runs in the second innings.
They suffered a huge backlash from local media after suffering a defeat against visitors where the media praised visitors for playing outstanding cricket and completely dominating the host for four days in the second test match.
“The only momentum Australia carried from Adelaide to the MCG was the great rolling swell of praise for how good they were. So overwhelming was the positive publicity that this column suggested, tongue-in-cheek, that they go easy on India in Melbourne. They did a pretty good job of that,” Malcolm Knox wrote.
News.com.au Nic Savage was all in awe for Men in Blue for showing sheer dominance in Boxing day Test In Melbourne. The strange thing that you normally don’t expect from Australian batsman is the inability to score a total of 200 runs in three innings of the last two matches that they have played against India.
“The Australians were utterly outclassed at the MCG this week, with no batsman able to muster a half-century over the four-day contest.”
India needed only three bowlers to dismiss Australia for 200 on a good pitch; the thrashing in Melbourne was even more comprehensive than it looked. Sydney Morning Herald writer Malcolm Knix wrote.
