Gavaskar, Sehwag, Prasad elevate powerful questions on India’s ODI efficiency ‘Why did not they bat first?’

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Gavaskar, Sehwag, Prasad elevate powerful questions on India’s ODI efficiency ‘Why did not they bat first?’

Former Indian cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Venkatesh Prasad and Virender Sehwag have raised powerful questions after India’s loss to Bangladesh within the second ODI on the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Gavaskar criticized Rohit Sharma for not popping out to bat first within the second ODI.

Gavaskar mentioned on Sony Sports Network, “Everyone is aware of the standard and sophistication of the man. And now when India got here so shut then why did not they arrive to bat first? If he needed to bat at quantity 9, he ought to have batted at quantity seven.

India needed to face defeat by 5 runs in a troublesome match. Indian captain Rohit Sharma injured his finger within the second over whereas taking a catch at second slip. Later within the second innings, Rohit got here to bat at quantity 9 and performed a blistering inning of 51*(28).

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“What might he have executed, I believe, Axar Patel would have performed in another way. Akshar thought that Rohit Sharma may not bat and so he performed that shot. At that point there was no have to play that shot. Axar was batting very effectively, he was selecting up the ball effectively, and if he had continued, you by no means know, the outcome might have been totally different. He gave India a memorable win at quantity 9, so if he got here to bat at quantity seven, India would have had a greater likelihood.

Elsewhere, former cricketers Virender Sehwag and Venkatesh Prasad have been sad with India’s latest ODI performances. Both the gamers expressed their dissatisfaction on Twitter.

Venkatesh Prasad mocked the strategy of batting by tweeting, “India is innovating in so many areas all over the world. But in relation to taking part in restricted overs cricket our strategy is a decade outdated. 2015 World Cup 2015 England made powerful selections after being knocked out within the first spherical and being such an thrilling crew, India have to make powerful selections.

India have now misplaced two consecutive bilateral ODI collection in opposition to New Zealand and Bangladesh.

“And make a drastic change in angle. We have not gained a T20 World Cup because the inception of the IPL and have been poor in ODIs other than a handful of victories in bilateral matches within the final 5 years. For too lengthy we have not realized from our errors go away alone being an thrilling crew in restricted overs cricket. change”, Prasad added.

Virender Sehwag however tweeted “Cryptos se bhi tez gir rahi hai apni performance yaar. Need to shake up – wake up.”

India will play the third and remaining ODI in Chattogram on Saturday.


With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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