India T20 Batting Order Shuffle: India suffered a crushing defeat in the second T20I between India and South Africa. The biggest reason for this is the turmoil in Team India, the consequences of which the team may have to face in the times to come.
Gautam Gambhir Batting Order Changes: It is important to experiment in cricket, but sometimes over-experimentation can cause harm to the team. Some similar experiments are also being done with the batting order of the Indian team. For some time now, it has been seen that there are continuous changes in India’s batting order in the T20 format, one of the reasons for which is being attributed to coach Gautam Gambhir. On his request, the batting order of the batsmen is being changed and it is seen that India is also suffering loss due to changing the batting order. Some such experiments were also done in the second T20 International between India and South Africa, due to which India was restricted to 162 runs.
Is Gautam Gambhir the reason for change in batting order?
Gautam Gambhir indian cricket team He is the head coach and on his instructions, changes are being made in India’s batting order continuously. Shubman Gill was also given the opening in the second T20 against South Africa, whereas for some time now he has not been able to give a good opening in this format. The result was that he was out without opening the account. After this, Akshar Patel was sent in place of Suryakumar Yadav at number 3, who usually plays at number five or six and he too was out after scoring only 21 runs.
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Suryakumar Yadav’s position is causing loss
Suryakumar Yadav usually comes to bat at number three in the Indian team, but this time he came to bat at number 4 and was out after scoring only 5 runs. Tilak Verma, who played a vital role in this match and played an inning of 62 runs, was sent at number five when he could have been sent at number four. Apart from this, Shivam Dubey, who can also bat well, was sent at number eight. Under pressure, he also got out after scoring only one run. At the same time, Hardik Pandya, who played a good innings in the last match, could also have been sent late. This is the reason why the pressure on the Indian team increased and the entire team faltered and was all out for 162 runs.
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If we follow this plan then there will be trouble in T20 World Cup
T20 World Cup is to be played in February next year, considering the situation in which the Indian team is continuously experimenting, how can it be said that this flexibility can prove to be a burden on the Indian team. If India has to perform well in the T20 World Cup, then players should be given fixed roles, otherwise these changes can definitely cause problems to the Indian team.