India won great Test matches at The Oval and also at the Lord’s Stadium in England. It is worth noting that India also won a Test series in England in 2018, thus the team certainly deserves some praise. Shane Warne, arguably the greatest spinner of all time, has opened up about the Indian batting lineup.
He feels that the current Indian batting lineup is not as strong as the batting lineup in the 2000s. He feels that the success of the Indian team has come largely due to the improvement in fast bowling over the years.
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“Their batting (Indian team) is nowhere as strong as Dravid, Ganguly, Laxman, Tendulkar, Sehwag. Virat Kohli is one of the best batsmen on the planet, if not the best in all forms, but when you look at the top five Sehwag, Ganguly, Dravid, Laxman, Tendulkar, it’s not bad,” Warne said on Sky Sports.
“I don’t think you can say that this is the best batting of the Indian team,” he said.
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Warne also mentioned the importance of fast bowlers in this Indian side. The Aussie great is not wrong as even during the series, especially in the two matches won by India, Indian scores can reach respectable totals due to contributions from the lower order batsmen. Bumrah and Shami in one match while Shardul Thakur in the other.
“Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are two exceptional players, and I think Rishabh Pant will be a superstar down the track. But I think it is his pace bowlers who have enabled India to win in all conditions, not just In India,” Warne said.
Warne’s remarks bring back nostalgia associated with Indian batting in the early 2000s, when bowlers across the world were a notch higher than they are today, thus, scoring against England, Australia, South Africa would have been difficult. Was.
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