AUS v IND 2020-21: Allan Border sledges Glenn McGrath; leaves Bhogle and Manjrekar in splits

Border said Green bowled faster than McGrath during his initial years.

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Former Australia captain Allan Border left Harsha Bhogle and Sanjay Manjrekar laughing in the commentary box. He sledged former Australia, fast bowler, Glenn McGrath in the pre-match show for the first Test between India and Australia.

Border shared his opinion on Cameron Green, the Aussie all-rounder who made his debut on Thursday. He took a hilarious jibe at McGrath's bowling speed, who used to bowl medium pace, and said Green is probably 10 kmph quicker than him.

“He’s an exciting young talent. What I like about him is that he as backed his potential with performance. He’s been scoring lots of runs in Sheffield Shield,” Border said on Sony Sports Network.

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“Lot of people have said that he’s the best they’ve seen since Ricky Ponting. You went to the academy with Ponting, so you know what a quality youngster he was and turned out to be one of the greats of the game.

So if Green is anywhere near that then we have found a really good cricketer then you throw in the fact he’s around 6 foot 6 and bowls a heavy ball.

"He’s probably around 10 ks quicker than you pidgy! (McGrath’s nickname), bowls around 140. So he’s a real deal, don’t worry about that,” added Border.

Bhogle and Manjrekar were in splits and McGrath took the banter sportingly too. “That is a proper sledge,” said Harsha. 

Green received his debut cap for Australia by pacer Pat Cummins ahead of the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test match at Adelaide. 

(With Sony Sports Network Inputs)

 
 

By - 17 Dec, 2020

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