New Delhi: Former Australian batter Brad Haddin has commented on the Indian team’s loss against England in the first Test match in Leeds. Haddin believes that the Shubman Gill-led side needs ‘attitude adjustment’ on the field as the visiting side finds out a way of their fielding woes in the current five-game Test series.
The Indian team fielders, especially Yashasvi Jaiswal, dropped several catches during the curtial juncture at Headingly against the Ben Stokes-led team. Haddin further said that all the great cricket teams across different eras had good fielding as their distinguished feature which helped them win important matches across formats.
Good fielding a distinguished feature
Haddin had a fine record with the Australian team as he played 66 Test matches scoring more than 6500 runs. In his podcast, the former wicketkeeper-batter said that they should pick the standout technique to win matches in future.
‘Every great team, no matter what era you are playing, the one standout they’ve always had… they’ve been great fielding teams. And, I think, that’s the one legacy (Shubman) Gill can start to leave now on this team,’ said Haddin in his Willow Talk podcast.
‘It needs an attitude adjustment if you want to field well and compete the whole time, it’s only attitude,’ Haddin added.
Young opener Jaiswal, who was fielding in the slips and gully region, dropped crucial catches off the bowling of Jasprit Bumrah, leaving the pace spearhead frustrated. Indicating that Indian players’ poor fielding was evident during this year’s Indian Premier League, Haddin said the catching had left a lot to be desired during the two-month-long T20 tournament.
India will hope to overcome their shortcoming and level the series when the second Test gets underway in Birmingham on July 2.
(With PTI inputs)