Former cricketer Wasim Jaffer has given his opinion on Indian batters’ underwhelming present within the ongoing day-night Test in opposition to Sri Lanka at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Apart from Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant, not one of the different Indian batters failed to attain a fifty-plus rating within the second Test of the sequence.
Jaffer feels that opener Mayank Agarwal can be sad with himself after getting first rate begins on this sequence and failing to transform them into a giant rating.
“A couple of of the top-order [batters] can be sad that they couldn’t convert these begins into one thing massive. I can perceive it’s not the pitch the place you’ll get massive a whole bunch however someone like Mayank can be sad that he received begins after which received out,” Jaffer said on ESPNcricinfo.
Mayank scored 59 runs in three innings at an underwhelming average of 19.67 against Sri Lanka. On a turning track in the day-night Test, the opener scored 4 and 22.
While Jaffer feels former India captain Virat Kohli has been unlucky as he got dismissed on unusual deliveries. On both occasions in Bengaluru, the ball didn’t bounce much as Kohli got dismissed leg before wicket while trying to defend it from backfoot.
“Virat, obviously, is not the same player; he’s been unlucky a couple of times…” he added.
The former India opener feels that it was not a pitch for Kohli’s 71st worldwide century however he may have scored a fifty.
“When you’ve got a profession like him, you’re sure to get such deliveries however I hope, you recognize, it ranges out very quickly. We had been hoping like at all times that the 71st hundred will come quickly. This is once more not the pitch for the 71st hundred however you’d have preferred to see him get at the least 50-60. But, like I mentioned, when you’ve got such a giant profession, you’re sure to get just a few dismissals like that. Hopefully, not many extra sooner or later.”
He further pointed out the difference between the two teams as he feels that the Indian team is superior to the visitors.
“The quality of the sides – you know, the Indian team is far, far strong compared to this Sri Lankan side. There are a lot of youngsters in this (Sri Lankan) side and they’ll learn. It’s a tough place to tour, Indian and it won’t be easy. This Indian team will never give it easy whether it’s batting or bowling…” he added.
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