Adam Gilchrist blasts Cricket Australia for handling Ashton Agar poorly

Team India retained the Border Gavaskar Trophy after winning the second Test of the series. After a decent start by the Aussies, they were not able to capitalize as their batting collapsed in the second innings, thanks to fabulous performances by Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin.

After their subpar performance, Australia have been under heavy criticism from cricket experts all around the globe. Former Australian legendary stumper-batter Adam Gilchrist was also one of the experts who talked about the selection of the squad and the absence of Ashton Agar from the playing XI.

Gilchrist saw the team’s handling of Agar as an insult, 29-year-old Agar was not selected in the squad for the first two Tests and Todd Murphy was handed his debut instead.

"There’s been murmurings that he [Agar] might be on a flight home because he might feel like he’s surplus to requirements over there, and I can understand why, without being in the camp and knowing the finer details of why he wasn’t picked," Gilchrist said in a chat with SEN Radio.

"But it’s a pretty big insult that I know from touring and being on a lot of tours, you felt that if you’re picked on the tour in a broader squad - unless it’s a pretty extreme like for like that has to come in - you generally expected the guys that were first reserves to step in," he added.

Gilchrist also believes that Renshaw could be axed in upcoming matches

After Australia’s dismal performance in the first two matches, they will look to improve, which means that there could be some changes made to the playing XI. Gilchrist opined that it could be Matthew Renshaw who could be axed from the squad in the upcoming matches.

"Maybe they keep the three spinners if that’s what conditions warrant and then Green comes in and adds that nice balance, it looks like Renshaw is probably the guy that would drop out of that happens because he looks like he’s a little bit scrambled as to where he fits into the picture," Gilchrist concluded.