India lost another dead rubber. This has been a trend with India for last few series and should be corrected if India wishes to become and stay at #1 ranking in world. The way ICC ranking works a dead rubber is as valuable as any other game in terms of gaining/losing points and treated equally.
For a change in this series, India batting did not fire and whole team was out before playing out the allotted overs. The batting lineup appeared to be on auto-pilot with none of the batsmen except Rohit Sharma trying to apply themselves according to the situation and play slowly but steadily. The batsmen need to realize that not all pitches would be batsmen friendly and there will be times where good old accumulation will be more useful than slam bang cricket.
After batsmen, it was bowlers turn to disappoint as they struggled to maintain tight line and length. It was as comprehensive and emphatic loss as could be.
The only silver lining that one can see is that this loss will keep Indian team grounded. Now they won’t be complacent in test series and would know that in case they slip, NZ team is good enough to take advantage of that and can cause upsets and surprises. Such a pathetic display in Tests could have affected India’s chances of win in test series in NZ after a long time very badly. Hopefully team will be more watchful now.
No comments:
Post a Comment