Former cricketers, including Virender Sehwag and Ravi Shastri, criticized India’s approach in the second innings after beating England after the brilliant batting performances of Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow. India by seven wickets in the rescheduled Edgbaston Test here on Tuesday.
India were all out for 245 in the second innings and handed England a record winning target of 378 runs. Apart from Cheteshwar Pujara (66) and first-innings century scorer Rishabh Pant (57), there were no batsmen left against England’s formidable bowling.
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Root resumed at 259/3 to tie the series being played for Pataudi Trophy 2, Root (142 not out from 173 balls) and Bairstow (114 not out off 145 balls required 119 in 5 days and a half hours). Scored runs. -2 and deny India their first series win in England since 2007.
Former cricketer Virender Sehwag said that India need to focus on some issues including bowling and need to think after the loss.
“India have some issues to resolve, top 6 run-scorers only Pujara & Pant & Jadeja batted brilliantly but batsman needs to stay in form,” Sehwag tweeted.
“The bowling in the fourth innings was absolutely useless,” said the former opener.
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“Special win for England to level the series. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow have been in great form and have made the batting very easy Sachin Tendulkar wrote on Twitter. “Congratulations to England on a great win.”
Former India fast bowler Irfan Pathan tweeted, ‘Team India should be hurt by this victory of Team England. It was so easy.”
Ravi Shastri, who coached the Indian Test team before Rahul Dravid took over, slammed the Indian batsmen for their defensive attitude in the second innings.
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“They needed to bat in two sessions and I thought they were defensive, they were sneaky today, especially after lunch,” Shastri said after finishing India’s second innings on Monday.
“They could have taken some chances even after losing wickets. Runs were important at that stage of the game and I thought they just went into a shell, lost those wickets very quickly, and gave England enough time to bat today. ,
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IND vs ENG: ‘This should hurt India’ – Former India pacer’s scathing comment after Edgbaston loss
Former cricketers, including Virender Sehwag and Ravi Shastri, criticized India’s approach in the second innings after beating England after the brilliant batting performances of Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow. India by seven wickets in the rescheduled Edgbaston Test here on Tuesday.
India were all out for 245 in the second innings and handed England a record winning target of 378 runs. Apart from Cheteshwar Pujara (66) and first-innings century scorer Rishabh Pant (57), there were no batsmen left against England’s formidable bowling.
Read also: IND vs ENG, 5th Test: ‘We failed short with bat’ – Jasprit Bumrah says where India slipped the match
Root resumed at 259/3 to tie the series being played for Pataudi Trophy 2, Root (142 not out from 173 balls) and Bairstow (114 not out off 145 balls required 119 in 5 days and a half hours). Scored runs. -2 and deny India their first series win in England since 2007.
Former cricketer Virender Sehwag said that India need to focus on some issues including bowling and need to think after the loss.
“India have some issues to resolve, top 6 run-scorers only Pujara & Pant & Jadeja batted brilliantly but batsman needs to stay in form,” Sehwag tweeted.
“The bowling in the fourth innings was absolutely useless,” said the former opener.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=/NVvcqH9FFME
“Special win for England to level the series. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow have been in great form and have made the batting very easy Sachin Tendulkar wrote on Twitter. “Congratulations to England on a great win.”
Former India fast bowler Irfan Pathan tweeted, ‘Team India should be hurt by this victory of Team England. It was so easy.”
Ravi Shastri, who coached the Indian Test team before Rahul Dravid took over, slammed the Indian batsmen for their defensive attitude in the second innings.
Read also: ‘Our batting was not up to scratch’ – Rahul Dravid highlights India’s mistakes at Edgbaston
“They needed to bat in two sessions and I thought they were defensive, they were sneaky today, especially after lunch,” Shastri said after finishing India’s second innings on Monday.
“They could have taken some chances even after losing wickets. Runs were important at that stage of the game and I thought they just went into a shell, lost those wickets very quickly, and gave England enough time to bat today. ,
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