David Warner Calcutta: The humiliating loss to South Africa in the home series, in hindsight, sparked a revival for Australia, opening batsman David Warner said on Wednesday ahead of the second Test against India. Australian cricket plunged into a crisis after a 3-0 whitewash in Sri Lanka was followed by successive home defeats to South Africa. After a national outcry forced wholesale changes, Steve Smith's men recovered by winning the final Test against South Africa in Adelaide before beating Pakistan 3-0. South Africa outplayed us, but we've moved on from that and Smudge (Smith) got us all together and we galvanised well," Warner told reporters ahead of Saturday's second Test. Warner made 38 and 10 in Pune but opening partner Matt Renshaw made an eventful India debut as Australia went 1-0 up in the four-match series.

Source: The Telegraph March 01, 2017 22:18 UTC