Former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin questioned the team management's decision to keep Kuldeep Yadav on the bench yet again instead of using him as a weapon against the inexperienced Australian middle-order. Although the opening pair of Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head failed to make an impact, Australia scaled the target through the efforts of Matt Short, Cooper Connolly, and Mitchell Owen, who have played a combined total of only 26 ODIs. We need to get bowlers who can actually get you wickets rather than bowlers who might make you runs," he added.