Whenever India lock horns with Australia, the first and foremost aspect that strikes the fans is all about the sledging between both teams. In previous encounters, the skipper Virat Kohli, Jadeja and Rishabh Pant involved in banter with Tim Paine and Matthew Wade, which gave a mental edge for the Indian side.
Speaking of the same, the stylish southpaw Matthew Wade stated that he doesn’t want to be involved in any kind of sledging, as Indians are using it as their advantage. He hails Indians as the best sledgers in the world at the moment.
Virat Kohli is very clever – Matthew Wade
Further, he showered words of praise on Virat Kohli for using his words smartly and also highlighted his body language while locking horns with the players. Matthew Wade believes sledging helps the Indian team more than the Australians, which is why he doesn’t want to involve in any banter.
Matthew Wade on Tuesday said he might stay away from sledging during this year’s home Test series against India as he feels Virat Kohli and Co thrive on verbal duels and use it to their advantage. Wade has always used sharp words to get into the skin of his opponents in the past but not for the next home series.
“They’re a hard team, they use it (sledging) to their advantage very well. Virat is very clever the way he uses his words or his body language. So they use it as an advantage now. To be honest, I don’t really want to engage too much into that,” Wade told reporters via video conference.
“I know that they thrive off that energy that comes between two players. They’re probably as good at doing that as anyone in the world at the moment, so it’s something I might stay away from this time,” he added.
Well, it would be interesting to see how things would pan out between both the teams. The Test series between India and Australia is scheduled to begin with the first game at Gabba starting December 3.
The second, third and fourth Tests are slated for Adelaide Oval (Dec 11-15), Melbourne Cricket Ground ( Dec 26-30) and Sydney Cricket Ground (Jan 3-7) respectively.
