Steve Waugh has shared a post showing his choice for Australian playing XI for the Sydney Test.
Sourav Ganguly has taken a dig at Australia after former Australian captain Steve Waugh suggested his own Australian playing XI for the Sydney Test.
Steve Waugh took to Instagram to suggest that Aaron Finch should be dropped and Shaun Marsh should open with Marcus Harris instead. Ganguly feels someone who is not a part of the selection process to suggest is not correct and it is a sign of a team that is going through the worst ever phase.
The former India captain took to Twitter and posted the picture from Steve Waugh’s account where he had suggested the team and wrote, “Australian cricket selection at its lowest ever .. greats have to put teams in their Instagram posts to give direction …”
According to Waugh, Marcus Harris and veteran Shaun Marsh should open the batting, followed by incumbent Usman Khawaja.
Waugh feels Travis Head, Australia's leading run-scorer in the series against India, should bat at No.4 ahead of captain Tim Paine, Labuschagne, and Mitchell Marsh.
Waugh's preferred bowling unit would be Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood.
Waugh's successor, Ponting too feels that Finch should be dropped and Labuschagne needs to be included in the playing eleven.
Finch has had a dismal series so far, averaging just 16 while opening the batting with 50 of his runs coming in the first innings of the second Test in Perth.
"I've seen Labuschagne has come into the line-up so to me straightaway that means Finch has to miss out and Usman will open the batting, I'd imagine," Ponting told cricket.com.au.
"That's how it looks Labuschagne probably bats four, Head five and Mitch Marsh six I think that's the way they're going to line up.
"I can't really think what else they can do. The selectors and the captain and coach have obviously had a long chat about what they want and what they expect. We'll see how they line up," he added.
India beat Australia by 137 runs in the 3rd Test at Melbournce Cricket Ground to to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the ongoing four-match Test series.
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