Michael Clarke targeted Australia, said – not playing practice match was the biggest mistake

Michael Clarke targeted Australia, said - not playing practice match was the biggest mistake

The Australia cricket team had refused to play practice matches before the Test series in India. Now after suffering badly in the first two matches, former Kangaroo captain Michael Clarke has raised questions on this.

He said, "I am not surprised to see what we are seeing because we did not play a warm-up match. Big mistake. There should have been at least one match to acclimatize to the conditions."

Australia refused to play the practice match saying that the pitch given to them for practice was different from the one used in the match.

On coming to India, Australia had set up camp in Bengaluru and practiced fiercely against the spinners there. Even young Baroda spinner Mahesh Pithia was made a part of the camp because of his Ravichandran Ashwin-like action.