Indian team has suffered another defeat on the foreign soil owing to the team changes that is not making things look settled. Virat Kohli took the test captaincy in 2014 after retirement of Dhoni from red ball cricket, ever since Virat had taken 38 matches to field the same 11. Test specialist like Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane were also on the firing line as they had to sit out for some of the test matches owing to team management’s discontent over their form.
This had made some of the players furious about the selection policy of the team management and they feel they should be given a long run to get the best performance.
What players said
“It would have been better if they had said at the start of the tour, ‘guys, we will go with the same team for the first three Tests. Do your best.’ That gives a different kind of confidence. Kohli is a good man and wants the best for the team and doesn’t mean to create it but the changes make you doubt yourself. It’s our mistake to feel like that probably but we are humans,” a member of the Indian team that toured England told Indian Express.
“You start to second guess. Kyun aisey kar rahe hain? You then start feeling you are on your own here,” said another player.
The Indian bowlers were below par: Unnamed player
“Before the start of the series, it was clear to me that England’s lower-middle order is its strength. You might get their top out but they will fight later. In nearly every game, we let the lower-middle order to score. I got the feeling that when we took the first four wickets cheaply, there was a feeling as if the job was over. We had crushed them. Bit more discipline and proper planning and focus would have been better,” the player said.
My Take
There may be some controversies erupting in the team but i just hope its not a scenario like 2007 when the team was divided.
