Sunil Gavaskar laments lack of positive intent from team India – Cricket News Update
Indian legend, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Manohar-Gavaskar-c91863, has slammed team India for not showing enough intent in the must-win final game of the four-match series against England.
The Men in Blue entered the Nagpur clash, knowing that only a win would deny their opponents from ending their 28-year long wait for a series win in India. However, as it stood, the home side produced another lacklustre performance and had to settle for a draw.
In reply’s to England’s first innings total of 330, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 to accumulate at a slow rate.
Though both stood in an appreciable 198-run stand, their unhurried approach always kept their opponents ahead, who seemed satisfied with the pace of the match. India eventually ended day 3 on 297 for 8 and kept on playing defensively the next morning. They added just 29 runs in the first hour of play, before MS Dhoni decided to declare the innings four runs shy of England’s total.
The Indian bowlers then chipped in with three English wickets, but with the pitch still holding up well, they failed to break the resilience of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576, both of whom scored centuries on the final day to ensure that the match ended in a stalemate.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anthony-Stanislaus-De-Mello-c45099 trophy at the expense of the opposition. Gavaskar was disappointed with the stance taken by his side in a must-win encounter.
"India could not get enough wickets on day four. Also, they doodled around in the first hour on day four. If India had wanted to win the Test, they could have shown some intent by declaring on the overnight total [on day three] or by asking the tailenders to play slam-bang cricket.
"Yes, England batted well. But you do not position a forward-short leg or silly point to get a catch there; you do that to force a batsman to give a catch some place else. Trott or Bell might have done something stupid then. India could have attacked more. But that's not the only reason India lost. Our bowlers were by and large ineffective."
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