Delhi Test: All they have done is probably wrecked Travis Head’s confidence, says Brett Lee

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Former pace bowling legend Brett Lee has said Australia has done is probably wrecked Travis Head’s confidence by dropping him for the first Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. 

Head has been in top form for Australia in the longest format of the game and was a surprise omission for the first Test in Nagpur. Matt Renshaw had got the nod ahead of the 29-year-old but failed miserably. 

Renshaw registered scores of 0 and two in the first Test and was dropped from the lineup for the ongoing Test in Delhi. Head was brought back into the lineup and Matt Kuhnemann was handed a debut by the Aussies. 

The team lineups for the match are as follows:

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami.

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (captain), Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon, Matt Kuhnemann

Speaking about Australia’s team selection for the Delhi Test, Lee said that it was a big reshuffle from the visitors.

“It’s a big reshuffle,” former Australian bowler Brett Lee said on Fox Cricket.

Lee said it was a great move to bring back Head into the side and he shouldn’t have been dropped in the first place. The former pacer also criticized the team management for taking the 29-year-old to India if they weren’t confident about his ability to play spinners. 

Lee concluded by saying that all Australia has gone is wreck Head’s confidence by dropping him from the team.

“It’s a great move, (Head) should not have been dropped in the first place.

“A lot of conjecture around whether he can play spin, well why take him to India if he can’t play spin? All they’ve done is probably wrecked his confidence.”

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Head only managed to score 12 runs in the first innings against India in Delhi.

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