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AUS skipper Pat Cummins also took to the media to set things staright, emphatically denying the existence of a split in the Australian change room.
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The line between disagreements and disputes is a fine one. Australia batter Travis Head recognises this and quashed all rumours of a rift in the AUS squad after a public comment made by pacer Josh Hazlewood.
After Day 3 of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, when AUS was left battling at 12-3 chasing a mammoth total of 534, Hazlewood took to the media to vent his frustrations when asked about how the team can come back from the collapse.
“You probably have to ask one of the batters that question. I’m sort of relaxing and trying to get a bit of physio and a bit of treatment, and I’m probably looking mostly towards the next Test and what plans we can do against these batters,” Hazlewood stated to media.
Hazlewood’s remarks indubitably left pundits and former players alike stunned, leading to many questioning the team spirit in the Australia dressing room.
“That to me tells me there is potentially a divided change room. I don’t know if there is. I might be reading too much into that,” said Adam Gilchirst.
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan also threw in his two cent son the matter, stating that he was “staggered” by Hazlewood’s comments.
After having witnessed the backlash, Head took it upon himself to step up and clear the air about the scenario.
“I think (people have) picked the bones out of a comment on the back of a poor week, which is fine. All the boys hung out together last night, nothing changed in the way we were as a group,” Head told 7NEWS.
“We stuck together, had some good conversations as we always would, win or draw. It’s a pretty level group. No doubt there was a lot of disappointment around the room but definitely no fractions,” he added.
AUS skipper Pat Cummins also took to the media to set things staright, emphatically denying the existence of a split in the Australian change room.
“It’s a really tight unit. It’s probably one of the tightest teams I’ve ever played with. We really enjoy playing cricket together,” stated Cummins.
With the aid of skipper Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, India bowled out the hosts, who were chasing a mammoth total of 534, with ease for 238 runs, to seal India’s second-biggest win margin against Australia in Tests and take the 1-0 lead in the series.
The second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will take place from December 6 onwards at the Adelaide Oval.
