Sunil Gavaskar on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma: Veteran batsman Sunil Gavaskar on Monday criticized senior players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for disappointing the team and blamed the Indian top order for the defeat in the fourth Test against Australia. On the last day of the fourth Test, India had a target of 340 runs but except Yashasvi Jaiswal (84), no other Indian batsman could contribute. India had to face defeat in this match by 184 runs. India thus lagged 1-2 in the five-match series.
Gavaskar told India Today, “It all depends on the selectors. The contribution that was expected has not come. It is the top order which has to contribute, if the top order batsmen are not contributing then the lower order has to contribute.” Why blame?” “The senior players didn’t really contribute what they should have, they just had to bat well today. It’s just that the top order didn’t contribute and that’s why India got into this situation,” he said.
While Gavaskar praised Jaiswal’s strong innings, he once again appeared disappointed with Rishabh Pant’s shot selection. At one time India’s score was 33 runs for three wickets, then Jaiswal and Pant took charge of the situation and took India to 121 runs in the post-lunch session. After this, Pant lost his wicket by playing a shot in the air due to which the Indian team faltered.
Gavaskar said, “The way Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal batted in the post-lunch session, it definitely seemed that India could draw this match because it was a matter of batting for another hour without losing any wicket.” It was a matter.” He said, “You know in cricket this shot is called a sixer which is like a drug addiction. Once you hit a few sixes, you think that actually this is the right way. When you There’s no better feeling for a batsman than when you hit the ball into the stands, a sixer is a different feeling and it’s a drug that goes into your system.”
Gavaskar said, “There was no need to hit a six at that time. We were not going to win the match with that. If the shot sticking to the ground had been played at that time, we would have got four runs. This opened the doors of victory for Australia.”
Gavaskar also criticized the TV umpire for ignoring technique and controversially giving Jaiswal out caught off the bowling of Pat Cummins. He said, “Double standards should not be adopted in such a case, because in Perth you gave out to KL Rahul, where you gave the decision not on the basis of visual evidence but on the basis of technicality. You give the decision on technicality one day and on technicality the next. “You can’t give a verdict on the basis of visual evidence. If you ask me, the visual evidence was not clear enough to overturn the verdict.”
Gavaskar also gave advice to Kohli, who is struggling with balls outside the off stump. He said, “His foot is not going towards the pitch of the ball. If your foot goes towards the pitch of the ball then you can hit the shot from the middle of the bat but it is not happening and hence the ball takes the edge of the bat. Has been.”
