Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri slam the way India surrendered against England – Cricket News Update
Former India skippers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravishankar-Jayadritha-Shastri-c84254, have slammed Team India for performing far below its weight in the four-match series against England.
Trailing the series 0-3, the Oval Test was India’s last opportunity to redeem some respect. However, the tourists capitulated meekly after some resistance by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556.
The scenario was going towards a draw when Tendulkar and Mishra came out to bat after the lunch break but the visiting side suddenly lost the momentum and gifted the last seven wickets for only 21 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test rankings without any major bother.
Shocked by such an ordinary performance by a side which was sitting at the top of chart before the start of the competition, Gavaskar conceded that India failed to justify their top position as it was not the way a top side performs.
"It was very disappointing. This was not the way a number one team plays. They normally lose by close margins, not like this. Maybe the approach was wrong and the attitude wasn`t there," said Gavaskar who followed the entire series as commentator and was
expecting a far better show by the Indians.
Likewise, Ravi Shastri is also surprised by the manner in which the World Champions surrendered in the final Test. He was not hesitant to accept that the entire series was a one-sided show as the Poms did not give a single chance to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 to dominate the
proceedings.
Furthermore, Shastri cited fitness issues and fatigue as the key factors behind India’s debacle.
"It was a combination of a lot of factors - injuries, lack of form. But this is a rude wake-up call. Tough guidelines should be in place, and we should have a core group of players for all three formats of the game. That way, Indian cricket could get back
on track in 6-8 months," shared the former Indian all-rounder kept the commentary box hot throughout the series by having a different opinion with the former English captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasser-Hussain-c78777.
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