India vs England | A collective failure in the Lord's Test is really hard to accept, says Mohinder Amarnath
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Dejected by the loss in the second Test at Lord's, Mohinder has Amarnath stated that India's failure to perform in both the Tests is really hard to accept. He went on to add that Cheteshwar Pujara's technique of lasting on the crease has started to exert pressure on the other batsmen.
Mohinder felt that the loss in the second Test, by an innings and 159 runs, is a humiliation for the Indian cricket team. While the defeat in the first Test would have been somewhat acceptable, the second loss came as a severe blow according to him.
“The first Test was disappointing because we had a good chance to win; the second even more disappointing because we were comprehensively outplayed by Joe Root's England team. There is no denying that India's batting was completely abject in front of the moving ball at Lord's.
The Indian team was curbed to 130 in 47 overs with James Anderson and Stuart Broad efficiently picking the wickets at regular intervals. While
“Cheteshwar Pujara, for instance has sound technique which helps him occupy the crease for long. However, he tends to stop scoring and if a wicket falls at the other end, the scoreboard looks dismal, putting further pressure on the incoming batsman. A reluctance to rotate strike among the batsmen enables the bowlers to work on a batsman through an over,” wrote Mohinder.
To add to India's woes, Virat Kohli could not be present on the field on the fourth day at Lord's as he suffered a back injury which was visible when he was batting in the second innings as well.
“Our batsmen would do well to study how Virat Kohli is playing, with shots off the back foot. He has tweaked his game so that he can deal with the moving ball. They also need to realize that they need to keep the scoreboard moving since runs are critical even in such conditions. Maybe leaving out Shikhar Dhawan was not a good idea, as he has not done much worse than the others. Also, it might be good to play Ajinkya Rahane at number three,” he wrote.
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