The current Australian side is not a shadow of the past match-winners: Harbhajan Singh

Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has rubbed salt to the wounds of the Aussies recently, after the visitors suffered yet another loss in the 3rd ODI at Indore. Australia have now lost the series and will be playing the remaining two games to earn some pride before moving on to the shortest format of the game. Harbhajan, who has played against Australia, a number of times in the past has criticized the batting woes of the visitors.

The Indian spinner had a witty take on Australia’s current form and asked former Aussie skipper Michael Clarke to make a comeback into the national side, as Bhajji feels ‘The era of Aussie producing top batsmen is over.’

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“The kind of cricket Australia is playing it appears as if Sri Lankans are playing in yellow clothing. I haven’t seen that Australian thing from them here. And whatever I know of Virat and his team they will be looking for nothing less than 5-0.” Harbhajan told Sportstak.

He compared the current Australian batsmen to the ones Harbhajan himself played against in the past and said that they were match-winners unlike the current team. “Look it’s obvious the Australian side that I competed against, the top 7 or 8 blokes were all match winners. Anyone could come in and win a match in his own right or score a hundred. They had that ability.” Harbhajan said.

Australia struggles with poor form

“I don’t think in this Australian side anyone other than Finch or Warner or to some degree Steve Smith can take the team forward. The middle order does not know to rotate the strike. When they go for big shots, they do it taking big risks. This team is not a shadow of that Australian side,” he said.

The spinner was quick to remind all of the recently concluded Test series between Steve Smith’s men and Bangladesh, where the visitors had to settle for a 1-1 draw, after losing the 1st Test to Bangladesh by 20 runs. “We can’t forget this Australian team lost to Bangladesh recently. So there’s something wrong somewhere. Something seriously wrong” he added.