Former England captain Michael Vaughan took a scornful look at India’s defeat in the pink-ball Test against Australia in Adelaide, suggesting that India’s bowlers were helpless against Travis Head who scored a century to put his team in the box seat before the hosts completed a 10-wicket win inside three days.
Head’s counter-attacking knock on the second day produced 140 runs off just 141 balls, which swelled Australia’s first-innings lead to 157 runs. India were then bowled out cheaply for the second time in the match, folding up for just 175 to leave the hosts with only 19 runs required to win.
The victory for Australia levelled the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy at 1-1. India had won the first Test in Perth by 295 runs.
Reacting to the result in Adelaide on Sunday, while putting Head’s century in focus, Vaughan posted a picture of a big crowd of fans on the field of play after the match. The post on ‘X’ was captioned: “This is the field India needed for Travis Head.”
Head’s knock included 17 fours and 4 sixes as he continued to be the thorn in India’s flesh. Last year, he scored centuries in the ODI World Cup final and the World Test Championship final to lead Australia’s victories over the Indian team.
The win in less than seven sessions also marked the shortest Test between Australia and India Down Under by number of balls delivered, taking only 1031 balls to finish.
The series next moves to Brisbane, where the third Test will begin on December 14.
