THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Despite his ability to swing the ball in the powerplay, left-arm seamer Jason Behrendorff was unlucky not to be part of Australia’s World Cup squad as Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood along with back-up seamer Sean Abbott more than admirably shared the fast-bowling responsibilities for the ODI World Champions. But the absence of the pace triumvirate for the five-match T20 series against India, that has followed the World Cup, has provided the 33-year-old with another opportunity to showcase his abilities.
The Indians didn’t need any second invitation to feast on the Australian bowling’s inexperience in the first T20I in Visakhapatnam. But the only bowler whom the marauding Indian batsmen spared on that day was Behrendorff as he finished with impressive figures of 1/25 from his four overs.
