Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly has taken a jibe at Australian batsman Usman Khawaja, stating that even in his sleep, Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja can dismiss him.
In the six innings he has played in the ongoing series, Khawaja has been dismissed thrice by the spinners. He was dismissed by Ashwin in both the innings in the first Test, and by Jadeja in the first innings in the second Test. And Ganguly believes the Aussie is vulnerable to spin.
Australia were twice bundled out in the 3rd Test managing to score 151 and 261 runs in the two innings respectively with India earning a thumping 137-run victory to retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy and take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the series.
“The current batting lineup of Australia sans David Warner and Steven Smith is still born and brought up in the country and hence is in no ways weak. But it’s ironic that they are failing as a unit for quite some time now. Usman Khawaja has been found out by the Indian attack to the extent that even if he is asleep, Ravi Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja can dismiss him in his dreams,” Ganguly was quoted as saying.
Khawaja, who was touted to score more runs than Virat Kohli in the Test series by Ricky Ponting, has struggled heavily against spinners and was undone by Jadeja in Australia’s first innings at the MCG before giving away his wicket to Mohammed Shami in the second innings.
