the former India Head coach Ravi Shastri has slammed the Jasprit Bumrah-led Indian team for an ineffective performance against England at Edgbaston on Monday. After setting a target of 387 runs for the hosts, the Indian bowlers had to struggle a lot for the wicket. Although the stand-in captain shed first blood just after the tea break, the England openers had already scored 100 runs on the board.
Later, the pair of Jonny Bairstow and former captain Joe Root trumped Team India with an unbeaten 150-run stand for the fourth wicket with a total of 259/3 at stumps on the fourth day. With India facing a loss on the final day of the competition, England need just 119 runs to win the competition and level the series 2-2.
Shastri, one who is a part of the sky Play The commentating team felt that India’s batting in the second innings was ‘disappointing’ and ‘timid’. He said the visitors should have batted for two full seasons to give themselves a chance to win or at least draw the competition.
“I think (it) was disappointing, to say the least because they could bat England out of this competition. They needed to bat for two seasons and I thought they were on the defensive, they were timid today, Especially after lunch,” said Shastri.
“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,” he said.
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen was disappointed with the strategy adopted by Bumrah. Pietersen felt that Root and Bairstow were given excessive defensive areas throughout their innings, which allowed them to rotate the strike with ease.
“I don’t think Bumrah has perfected his strategy at all and I say that with a lot of respect,” Pietersen said.
“There is no way with a reverse swinging ball to make it that easy for the batsman, because the batsman is trying very hard to understand which way the ball is swinging. When it’s reverse swing at 90 mph, the best place to bat is on the non-striker’s end, and the ability to get to the non-striker’s end as easily as they did this afternoon, it Very easy,” Peterson said.
“He had longer and longer hours, and that was pure insanity. For half an hour he was pure insanity. Even for the last 15-20 minutes of the day’s play, pull him straight in and say ‘Johnny, if you’re kind enough to hit me on the head, please do it.
“I hope they don’t do it on Tuesday morning, but for England, absolutely, let them stretch as far as they want,” he said.
‘Want in a shell, lost wickets to quickly’: Ravi Shastri ‘disappointed’ by India’s ‘sneaky’ batting on Day 4
the former India Head coach Ravi Shastri has slammed the Jasprit Bumrah-led Indian team for an ineffective performance against England at Edgbaston on Monday. After setting a target of 387 runs for the hosts, the Indian bowlers had to struggle a lot for the wicket. Although the stand-in captain shed first blood just after the tea break, the England openers had already scored 100 runs on the board.
Later, the pair of Jonny Bairstow and former captain Joe Root trumped Team India with an unbeaten 150-run stand for the fourth wicket with a total of 259/3 at stumps on the fourth day. With India facing a loss on the final day of the competition, England need just 119 runs to win the competition and level the series 2-2.
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Shastri, one who is a part of the sky Play The commentating team felt that India’s batting in the second innings was ‘disappointing’ and ‘timid’. He said the visitors should have batted for two full seasons to give themselves a chance to win or at least draw the competition.
“I think (it) was disappointing, to say the least because they could bat England out of this competition. They needed to bat for two seasons and I thought they were on the defensive, they were timid today, Especially after lunch,” said Shastri.
“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,” he said.
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen was disappointed with the strategy adopted by Bumrah. Pietersen felt that Root and Bairstow were given excessive defensive areas throughout their innings, which allowed them to rotate the strike with ease.
“I don’t think Bumrah has perfected his strategy at all and I say that with a lot of respect,” Pietersen said.
“There is no way with a reverse swinging ball to make it that easy for the batsman, because the batsman is trying very hard to understand which way the ball is swinging. When it’s reverse swing at 90 mph, the best place to bat is on the non-striker’s end, and the ability to get to the non-striker’s end as easily as they did this afternoon, it Very easy,” Peterson said.
“He had longer and longer hours, and that was pure insanity. For half an hour he was pure insanity. Even for the last 15-20 minutes of the day’s play, pull him straight in and say ‘Johnny, if you’re kind enough to hit me on the head, please do it.
“I hope they don’t do it on Tuesday morning, but for England, absolutely, let them stretch as far as they want,” he said.
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