Need for India to redeem the lost stature in Test Cricket – an Insight at India’s failure in England
India the current World Champions in one-day cricket a feat they achieved after winning the International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 are in a spot of bother
these days after recently facing a Test defeat in England.
The World Cup triumph came after India had grabbed the first spot in Test cricket proving their dominance in the longest version of the game by beating Sri Lanka in a series during 2009 then going on to beat a team like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in a home series.
Even before the World Cup 2011, India were the obvious favourites for the tournament and they backed the hype by grabbing the title.
However, Indian fans were left with a bitter taste in their mouths when they saw their ace team manhandled by the English, who ran over the Indians in the Test series and also managed to clinch the number one status in the longest version of the game.
The Indians came to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 hoping to add victories to their tally and instead were greeted by the English in a manner which left them in awe and disgust.
After losing the Lord’s Test by 196 runs, India never looked the same as their performance became progressively worse as the series went on. England on the other hand, never let the Indians climb back in the series and while they lacked the star studded
squad, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 the skipper of the hosts kept the team fighting like a unit against India, who were relying less on team work and banking upon their star players to come up with a strong performance.
England really took the pacifier out of India’s mouth by winning the second Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham by 319 runs as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 now desperately wanted to win the third game to prevent the English from grabbing the number one spot in Test cricket.
However, team India went on to lose the next two games, subsequently losing the series by a 4-0 margin.
The Test series is now over with India being humiliated and while they cannot avenge this defeat in another Test tournament against England, they can set the record straight in the upcoming five-match one-day series.
However, they now need to redeem their lost stature in Test cricket by restructuring their cricket from the grass root level to make sure that they have a solid backup for the cricketers playing in the national team so that when the time comes for the pros
to take their final bow, there will be youngster prepared to take their place.
As of now, India drastically need to inject young blood in the Test squad to avert another Test defeat in the upcoming tournaments.
Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should give confidence to the Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 because if he is not sure about his captaincy, he will not be able to focus on the young guys in the squad.
It is imperative for India to retain MS Dhoni if they want to avert a complete meltdown as the wicketkeeper/batsman is regarded as one of the best skippers that India has produced and showing him the door after just a loss in one series will not be an appropriate
thing to do.
The next few months are going to be tough for India, nonetheless, if they pull through successfully then they will be back at the top level sooner than expected.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article do not represent Bettor.com’s editorial policy
Tags: