After India’s dismal performance in the World Test Championship final against Australia on Sunday, some former cricketers, notably Sunil Gavaskar, were critical of the batting performance of the Indian team.
India began the fifth day of the match needing 444 runs to win. They started the day on 164-3 with ace batsman Virat Kohli at the crease. However, they were bowled out for 234 in the first session at the Oval.
“Today’s batting was a complete and utter disaster. After India’s loss by 209 runs, Gavaskar commented to Star Sports that what they witnessed was “just ridiculous.”
“With that batting line-up, India have not been able to complete a single session. I mean, give it a break!
It was India’s second consecutive loss in the final of Test cricket’s top reward, prolonging their wait for a world trophy since they won the Champions Trophy in the one-day format in 2013. India’s loss also came at the hands of Australia.
Scott Boland, a fast bowler for Australia, was the one who started the collapse by achieving two wickets in the space of three deliveries. One of those wickets was Kohli, who was caught for 49.
After being bowled out for a score of 296 in response to Australia’s 469, the team captained by Rohit Sharma fell down by 173 runs in the first innings.
Ajinkya Rahane excelled for India with scores of 89 and 46 in the first and second innings of a Test match that was won by Travis Head of Australia with a first-innings total of 163.
Sanjay Manjrekar, a former batsman for India, tweeted the following: “One technical observation I have of most Indian batters is the keenness to get onto the front foot, to even short of length balls.” These are the balls that Joe Root, Kane Williamson, and Steve Smith play back to. “
Sourav Ganguly, a former captain of India, recently gave an interview on television to India’s current coach, Rahul Dravid. In the interview, Ganguly commented on the average batting performance of India’s top six batters.
Dravid acknowledged that his team had fallen short of the excellent standards they usually maintain.
The coach added, “They (the batsmen) will agree this was not up to their standards.” “This was not up to their standards,” “However, these are the same batters who have won two test series in Australia as well as test matches in England,” the author says.
“We are working on it,” he said as an additional comment. “During this cycle of the Test Championship, there have been a few wickets that have presented quite a challenge, but this wicket was excellent.” The batting averages have dropped, but we recognize that if we provide our bowlers with enough runs, they will be able to win tests for us.