MELBOURNE: Australian spin legend Shane Warne has slammed coach Darren Lehmann and selector Mark Waugh for keeping out Aaron Finch and John Hastings of their playing XI at various points during the ICC World T20.
“Our selection was wrong … We messed around with it too much rather than sticking with what’s been a proven formula,” Warne told cricket.Com.Au.
“Because we had so much talent in our team and so much skill, they [the selectors] thought ‘it doesn’t matter what the combinations are we’re still going to do OK’.”
India knocked out Australia by six wickets in a last-over thriller, riding on a Virat Kohli’s epic innings at Mohali last Sunday.
Warne believes Finch, who is the best T20 batsman in the world according to the ICC’s rankings, and David Warner would have been a better choice to open the batting for Australia.
Finch had played the pool games against Pakistan and India but was left out for matches against New Zealand and Bangladesh, with selectors selecting Shane Watson and Usman Khawaja instead at the top.(Agencies)
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