Adelaide: Legendary wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist believes Australia were “stung” by the criticism following their loss in Perth, but have returned to their best, driven by captain Pat Cummins’ controlled aggression.
Australia, who had drawn a lot of flak for the 295-run loss in the opening Perth Test, bounced back by registering an emphatic 10-wicket win in the second game to level the five match series 1-1.
“You could see just through his (Cummins) celebrations that… every wicket that he took he was more aggressive in his celebration,” Gilchrist said on Fox Cricket.
“Not in that lose control extent but you could just see that clearly they’d been stung by a bit of
criticism around after their performance (in Perth) and they internally would have been so disappointed with the way they played
in Perth.