When trapped in a swamp, any person tries everything possible to escape. Hits his hands and legs a lot. But desperate attempts in panic often prove futile and escape becomes difficult. At present, a similar situation seems to be happening with the Australian cricket team, which seems to be stuck in a quagmire. Hurt by a crushing 295-run defeat at the hands of India in the very first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth, the Australian team is now desperate to make a comeback. But in this desperate situation, the Australian team seems to be taking such a step which may prove costly for itself.

After the surprising result of Perth, now the second test match between India and Australia will start in Adelaide from 6th December. This is a day-night test, so it will be played with pink ball. For the last 8-9 years, the Australian team has been playing one Test in every home season in Adelaide itself. On the same ground in December 2020, he had bowled out Team India for just 36 runs in the second innings of the day-night test. Now after four years, both the teams are coming on this field again and Australia will expect the same performance to make a comeback in the series.

Australia is showing this intelligence

Australia needs good performance on every front to win and in this its bowling is very important, on which the responsibility of taking all 20 wickets will be. It seems that to fulfill this need, grass is being left on the Adelaide pitch on the demand of the Australian team. Of all the grounds in Australia, Adelaide is one such ground whose pitch is often helpful to the batsmen because there is not much pace and bounce here. According to reports coming from Australia, to change this situation, grass has been left on the pitch and a lot of water is also being poured on it.

Often these methods are adopted to make any pitch helpful for fast bowlers. But doing this in Adelaide can be very difficult for the batsmen. One reason for this is the pitch, the other reason is the pink ball. In fact, to see the ball properly in the day-night test, an additional layer of paint (lacquer) is applied to the pink ball, which is more than that of the normal red ball. In such a situation, it takes more time for the pink ball to age, which helps in its swing and seam. Now if there is grass on the pitch, it will age more slowly, which will benefit the pacers.

Don't be forced to give or take.

Now Australia has pacers like Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, for whom this will be very helpful, but how will the Australian batsmen themselves be able to avoid this. In the Perth Test, it was clearly visible how the Australian batting had collapsed in front of the pace and edge of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Harshit Rana. In such a situation, if the pitch in Adelaide also helps the fast bowlers, then Australia's problems may increase. So would Australia want to take such a risk?

Don't be forced to give or take.

Now Australia has pacers like Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, for whom this will be very helpful, but how will the Australian batsmen themselves be able to avoid this. In the Perth Test, it was clearly visible how the Australian batting had collapsed in front of the pace and edge of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Harshit Rana. In such a situation, if the pitch in Adelaide also helps the fast bowlers, then Australia's problems may increase. So would Australia want to take such a risk?