India vs South Africa: The Indian team had to face defeat by 408 runs in the Guwahati Test. South Africa defeated South Africa badly and won the series. After this defeat, many players of Team India are being held responsible.
Team India in Test Cricket: After losing the second test against South Africa, Team India is being criticized all over the world cricket. South Africa were defeated by a huge margin of 408 runs in Guwahati, which is the biggest defeat for India in Test history. Earlier, the Indian team had suffered a crushing defeat in Kolkata also. With this, under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma, South Africa won the series in India by 2-0 after 25 years and made a complete clean sweep. After this defeat, Gautam Gambhir and the players of Team India are continuously on target. Let us tell you about those 5 reasons due to which India lost the series.
declining batting standards
The standard of Indian batting in Test cricket has gone down significantly in the last one or two years. Especially the middle order batsmen are completely failing to score big runs. Something similar was seen in both the matches against South Africa. Neither the top order did anything amazing nor did the middle order play a big role. In this series, not a single batsman could see a century. Only two batsmen scored half centuries in 8 innings.
Indian batsman failed to play spin
Apart from this, Team India’s batsmen are constantly facing problems in playing spin bowlers. In the first match against South Africa, Team India’s batsmen were badly trapped in the trap of spin. Something similar was seen in the second innings of Guwahati Test also. Simon Harmer took 6 wickets. Even when Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were playing in the team, Indian batsmen were facing problems in playing the spinners. When the series was lost against New Zealand, spin wreaked havoc there too.
Batting in a more aggressive manner
Although test cricket requires patience and batting according to time, but Team India’s batsman seems to be in a different mood. This was seen in both the matches against South Africa. Indian batsmen are being seen to score runs continuously. Especially batsmen like Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel and Rishabh Pant are losing their wickets in the pursuit of scoring runs fast.
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Lack of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
Team India’s lack of experience was clearly visible in the South Africa series. There was no batsman who could bat with patience at the crease for a long time. Before this, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have made big contributions to the team. Both have a lot of experience of playing Tests. Virat is known for playing long innings. In such a situation, the lack of both was seen during this series. However, both have retired from Test cricket.
Constant reshuffle in batting order
The batting order of the Indian team seems to be constantly changing. Ever since Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of Team India, the Indian team has been running on a different line. Some people conclude that this is a major reason behind the defeat against South Africa also. The batting lineup of Team India is constantly changing. Sometimes Kuldeep Yadav comes to bat at number three, and sometimes Washington Sundar is sent. In the second Test also, Kuldeep Yadav was sent at number four, when Nitish Kumar Reddy came to bat much lower despite batting well.
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