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The Fading Wade

Matthew Wade has been in limelight even before this series and he has done no good by racking up scores of 9 and a golden duck in the first two games. His wicket-keeping skills have been sharp so far but his bat has gone quiet. The selectors are already trying options- as they suggested by naming Tim Paine for the T20is. Interestingly, in the exhaustive opening options list of Smith, Wade might also be a name somewhere. If he moves back to his earlier position of opening the innings- as he did sometime back for Australia- his career might see a second coming.

As of now, another failed game in Indore would make the road difficult for Wade. To help make the most of his powerful strokeplay, Smith might probably have to ask Handscomb to take wicket-keeping gloves to include an extra batsman, if things go downhill

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