{"id":173892,"date":"2024-11-13T08:14:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T08:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/usman-khawaja-defends-partner-to-be-nathan-mcsweeney-over-strike-rate-debate-ahead-of-border-gavaskar-trophy\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T08:14:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T08:14:07","slug":"usman-khawaja-defends-partner-to-be-nathan-mcsweeney-over-strike-rate-debate-ahead-of-border-gavaskar-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/usman-khawaja-defends-partner-to-be-nathan-mcsweeney-over-strike-rate-debate-ahead-of-border-gavaskar-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Usman Khawaja defends partner to be Nathan McSweeney over strike rate debate ahead of Border-Gavaskar Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/11\/untitled-design-2024-11-13t121454-1731480384.jpg?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Usman Khawaja defends partner to be Nathan McSweeney over strike rate debate ahead of Border-Gavaskar Trophy\" title=\"Usman Khawaja defends partner to be Nathan McSweeney over strike rate debate ahead of Border-Gavaskar Trophy\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY IMAGES<\/span> Usman Khawaja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/usman-khawaja\" rel=\"noopener\">Usman Khawaja<\/a> has come out in defence of his opening partner-to-be, Nathan McSweeney, over the ongoing strike rate debate. Khawaja has called the need to accelerate at the top of the order in Test cricket a &#8220;myth&#8221;.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>The southpaw is of the opinion that the role of an opener in the red-ball format is to also &#8220;absorb&#8221; while scoring runs. He feels that since Test cricket is played over a span of five days, a batter can take his time and capitalize once set.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know where this myth started that you need someone to score really fast to do well,&#8221; Khawaja was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo. &#8220;You&#8217;ve got five days to do it&#8230;I don&#8217;t know why you need to score fast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Opening&#8217;s as much about scoring runs as it is about being able to absorb. Davey was special; he could score runs while absorbing but he didn&#8217;t do it (score fast) every time. He was consistent; out there and setting a platform, and Nathan does that very well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Khawaja also shared a piece of advice for McSweeney who is all set to make his Test debut after impressing the selectors at the first-class level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no guarantees in cricket&#8230;but he doesn&#8217;t have to do anything different,&#8221; Khawaja mentioned. &#8220;Just repeat the process. He&#8217;s been able to handle the pressure at Shield level. When you look at his demeanour, the way he plays, you do kind of feel over a longer period of time he&#8217;ll be able to handle the scrutiny, the pressure of Test cricket.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>India&#8217;s squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy:<\/strong>    <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> (C), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/jasprit-bumrah\" rel=\"noopener\">Jasprit Bumrah<\/a> (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/shubman-gill\" rel=\"noopener\">Shubman Gill<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/kl-rahul\" rel=\"noopener\">KL Rahul<\/a>, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/nitish-kumar\" rel=\"noopener\">Nitish Kumar<\/a> Reddy, Washington Sundar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reserves:<\/strong> Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/khaleel-ahmed\" rel=\"noopener\">Khaleel Ahmed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Australia&#8217;s squad for the 1st Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/pat-cummins\" rel=\"noopener\">Pat Cummins<\/a> (c), Scott Boland, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/alex-carey\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Carey<\/a>, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/nathan-lyon\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathan Lyon<\/a>, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/steve-smith\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Smith<\/a>, Mitchell Starc<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/usman-khawaja-defends-partner-to-be-nathan-mcsweeney-over-strike-rate-debate-ahead-of-border-gavaskar-trophy-2024-11-13-961404\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Usman Khawaja. 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