Shane Warne blasts Australia selectors after World T20 debacle

Former Australian bowler Shane Warne has come out all guns blazing with staunch criticisms pointed at the selection committee. He also accused the selectors of upsetting the batting lineup by pushing David Warner down the order. Australia was knocked out of the World T20 following a close battle at the PCA in Mohali. It took a bit of genius from the bat of Virat Kohli to ensure that the Indians edged the Aussies in the final hurdle.

“First of all, our selection was wrong in my opinion,” Warne said.
“I don’t think we got that right, we messed around with it too much rather than sticking with what’s been a proven formula and we probably didn’t play well enough, which is the brutal truth.”
“I don’t think they should have broken up Finch and Warner and I think it upset the balance of the team,” Warne said, adding that their partnership would have been an “intimidatory factor before a ball was bowled”.

“Those two guys had been batting together for a long time, they have done well in Twenty20, they’ve done well in one-day cricket, and suddenly they got spilt up.

Warne also pointed out that he would have never left Aaron Finch out of the batting lineup irrespective of Usman Khawaja keeping his place on the side. Aaron Finch was ranked the top batsman in the world until he was overhauled by Virat Kohli.
“And I just would never, ever have left Aaron Finch out… It’s not to say they didn’t worry about Khawaja, but I just think the other two are more destructive.”

Warne also pointed out that the Aussies didn’t play according to their skills and got the combinations horribly wrong.
“I just think because we had so much talent in our team and so much skill, they (Australia’s selectors) thought ‘it doesn’t matter what the combinations are we’re still going to do OK’, but it wasn’t to be,” he added.