IND vs SA: The second test match between India and South Africa is being played in Guwahati. Like Kolkata, there is also a danger of an embarrassing defeat. The performance of Team India’s batsmen was quite poor. All out at 201 in the first innings.
India vs South Africa: After the shameful defeat in the first test, the Indian team is now lagging behind in the Guwahati test also. Till the third day’s play, South Africa looked completely ahead in the match. Temba Bavuma’s team took a lead of 314 runs. This lead will be more in the fourth day’s play. Now the question arises that where South African batsmen are crossing the 400 mark, why are Team India’s batsmen facing problems in playing? Spin bowling troubled the Indian batsmen in the Kolkata Test, while the fast bowlers also wreaked havoc in Guwahati. Now the question is why is this happening? Let us tell you 3 big reasons why India are not able to play spin and fast bowlers…
Lack of experienced Test batsmen in the team
There is no doubt that Team India is going through a phase of transition in Test cricket. There are no specialists or batsmen with great experience in the team. Sai Sudarshan has performed well in domestic cricket and has also scored runs in white ball cricket, but he has not got success in international cricket. Apart from this, Dhruv Jurel also has no contribution in first class cricket. Also the situation is same with Washington Sundar. The surprising thing is that Sarfaraz Khan, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair and Abhimanyu Easwaran are still sitting outside. He has scored a lot of runs on Indian soil. No batsman is part of the team. If Team India wants to improve in the coming times, then changes will have to be made in batting.
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More aggressive style of batting became a problem
At present, Team India’s batting has become much more aggressive in Test cricket. Something similar was seen in the Guwahati test also. Especially the way captain Rishabh Pant was out in the first innings for playing fast, because the team needed a batsman who could make the match at that time and handle the innings. There will be more need for good defensive batsmen in Test cricket. In this matter, the young batsmen of Team India have not been completely successful. Due to this, Indian batsmen have failed in front of very good bowlers.
There is no improvement visible in the balance of the team
Gautam Gambhir’s Team India needs talent and young players. He wants to show more confidence in younger players. Regarding this, Sunil Gavaskar said in the Guwahati Test that Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara are being missed. All have played more than 80 test matches. All have been specialist batsmen in Tests. Now all their responsibilities have been placed on young shoulders. This is the reason why everyone is failing in front of quality bowling.
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