http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 A coach not panicked by defeat - Cricket News Update
India A Coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lalchand-Sitaram-Rajput-c72139 said that while he’s disappointed by his team’s performance, he’s not alarmed. He expressed his views days after his team trounced by West Indies A in Gros Islet, St Lucia and clinched the unofficial Test series 2-1."It's fair
to say we didn't think the series would go this way," Rajput said while speaking from Port-of-Spain.
After winning the first match, the visitors lost their way in the following two and suffered heavy defeats in the process. The tourists brought a powerful batting lineup which featured names with international experience but their spectacular failure only
raised a question mark over the next generation of Indian batsmen. The names of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CA-Pujara-c1209 made them fovourites to win the series but none of them could score a century in six outings.
"We were a very strong batting unit," Rajput said. "But we never clicked together. In six innings we never had an opening stand. We were always 20 for 3 or 30 for 3. If you want a big score, the top three have to fire," the coach said. The coach acknowledged
the Caribbean’s supremacy with ball, the host fast bowlers wreaked havoc with the Indian batting lineup, the pick of the bowlers was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delorn-Edison-Johnson-c53529, who bagged 17 wickets in the series.
India is looking hard to find a replacement for the legendary http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 after he retired earlier in the year. The tour was keenly followed to find the upcoming talent as India has to play 10 home Tests this season. Rajput however, failed to press the
panic button, considering it as a good learning experience for his team.
"It's actually good that we are exposing them in conditions abroad before they get into the Test side," Rajput said. “They should know relatively early that playing abroad is different. They now know what they need to work on,” the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 based coach said.
The visitors have now arrived in Port-of-Spain to play the two unofficial T20Is starting from Saturday before heading to Georgetown, Grenada where they will meet the hosts for a three-match unofficial One Day Internationals (ODI) starting from Jun 27.
Earlier, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jason-Nazimuddin-Mohammed-c66460 and spinners Sulieman
Benn, Garey Mathurin and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samuel-Badree-c88341 were also recalled for the series.
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