Batting flop, the biggest reason
Indian batting has been a flop in the entire series. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the only batsman who did justice to his ability in the series. Apart from this, no other batsman could play well on the Australian pitch. Although in the beginning, KL Rahul had raised hopes with his batting, but by the end of the Test series, his bat also caught rust. Jaiswal scored 391 runs and was the highest run scorer for India in this series. After this the other batsmen could not do anything special. KL Rahul (276), Rishabh Pant (255), Kohli (190), Jadeja (135), Shubman Gill (93) and Rohit Sharma scored 31 runs. The poor performance of the batsmen snatched the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from India.
Bumrah did not get support from other bowlers, missed Mohammed Shami
Jasprit Bumrah’s injury was also a major reason for India’s defeat in the Sydney Test. Bumrah bowled amazingly in this series and was successful in taking 32 wickets. In this entire series, Bumrah bowled 908 balls on which a total of 418 runs were scored. Bumrah bowled a total of 151.2 overs in the Border-Gavaskar series. After this, Siraj was at second place, who bowled 157.1 overs in this series, even though Siraj got 20 wickets, Bumrah could not get the support he wanted from other bowlers. In such a situation, the biggest question before Team India is whether the Indian team does not have such bowlers who can prove to be effective in Test matches. Has India suffered any loss due to the absence of Mohammed Shami?
Question on coach Gautam Gambhir’s strategy?
The blame for India’s defeat will also be placed on coach Gautam Gambhir. On one hand, you had bowlers like Prasidh Krishna, but he did not get many opportunities. Prasidh Krishna was included in the last test match and he impressed with his bowling. At the same time, questions are being raised on the strategy made for changing the captaincy from the last match and then changing the batting order.
Fingers are also being raised on the inexperienced coaching staff.
Along with Gambhir, questions are also being raised on bowling coaches Morne Morkel and Abhishek Nair. Can Team India’s inexperienced coaching staff also be a big reason?
Kohli-Rohit’s flop show
Although cricket is a team game, but in this entire series, only Bumrah was seen taking on the Australian team, senior batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma flopped in the entire series. India’s defeat due to lack of runs from both bats Has been a major reason.
India under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir (India’s terrible record under Gambhir coaching continues)
Sri Lanka won 3-0 (T20I) against Sri Lanka
0-2 (ODI) against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, lost
India won against Bangladesh 2-0 (Test),
India won against Bangladesh 3-0 (T20I),
India lost 0-3 (Test) against New Zealand
1-3 against Australia in Australia (Test), lost
