INDORE: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday lashed out at Indian batters for his or her deficient display within the 3rd Test in opposition to Australia. Gavaskar mentioned the “pitch played on their minds”.
India had been disregarded for 109 of their first innings after which 163 in the second one innings as Australia certified for the World Test Championship ultimate with a thumping nine-wicket win at the 3rd morning.
Despite the loss, India nonetheless lead the four-match Test sequence 2–1 and feature already retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
“Batters actually didn’t do justice to their talent. If you look at the Indian wickets, you will find it is the Indian batters who got themselves out, playing some shots anticipating that this is what the pitch is going to do,” Gavaskar mentioned.
“If you look there is lack of confidence because in the first two matches, they didn’t get runs, apart from Rohit Sharma, who got a lovely hundred in Nagpur. When you are short of runs, there is just that little tentativeness in their batting.And you can sense that they were feeling for the deliveries.
“They weren’t in a position to head down the pitch up to they must have. They let the pitch overtake them. It was once the pitch that if truth be told began to play on their minds, even within the first innings however extra so in the second one innings, he added.
Gavaskar mentioned India had been 60-70 runs brief within the first innings after opting to bat first.
“The pitch started to talk in the first hour itself, so it wasn’t going to be easy but still if we had made 160-170 in the first innings that could have made the difference,” mentioned the batting nice.
Marnus Labuschagne was once passed two lives — on 0 and eight — in Australia’s first innings of the Indore Test. The batter performed directly to a Ravindra Jadeja ‘no ball’, ahead of India erred by means of now not choosing a DRS.
Asked concerning the no ball, Gavaskar mentioned: “If you look back, you will say that is probably what cost India the match because after that they (Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja) stitched a partnership of 96 when India were dismissed for 109.
“So I believe that was once most definitely the turning level. That no ball price India the event.”
The fourth and final Test of the series will be played in Ahmedabad from March 9.
(With inputs from PTI)
India had been disregarded for 109 of their first innings after which 163 in the second one innings as Australia certified for the World Test Championship ultimate with a thumping nine-wicket win at the 3rd morning.
Despite the loss, India nonetheless lead the four-match Test sequence 2–1 and feature already retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
“Batters actually didn’t do justice to their talent. If you look at the Indian wickets, you will find it is the Indian batters who got themselves out, playing some shots anticipating that this is what the pitch is going to do,” Gavaskar mentioned.
“If you look there is lack of confidence because in the first two matches, they didn’t get runs, apart from Rohit Sharma, who got a lovely hundred in Nagpur. When you are short of runs, there is just that little tentativeness in their batting.And you can sense that they were feeling for the deliveries.
“They weren’t in a position to head down the pitch up to they must have. They let the pitch overtake them. It was once the pitch that if truth be told began to play on their minds, even within the first innings however extra so in the second one innings, he added.
Gavaskar mentioned India had been 60-70 runs brief within the first innings after opting to bat first.
“The pitch started to talk in the first hour itself, so it wasn’t going to be easy but still if we had made 160-170 in the first innings that could have made the difference,” mentioned the batting nice.
Marnus Labuschagne was once passed two lives — on 0 and eight — in Australia’s first innings of the Indore Test. The batter performed directly to a Ravindra Jadeja ‘no ball’, ahead of India erred by means of now not choosing a DRS.
Asked concerning the no ball, Gavaskar mentioned: “If you look back, you will say that is probably what cost India the match because after that they (Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja) stitched a partnership of 96 when India were dismissed for 109.
“So I believe that was once most definitely the turning level. That no ball price India the event.”
The fourth and final Test of the series will be played in Ahmedabad from March 9.
(With inputs from PTI)