Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has come down hard on Indian batsmen's inability to counter the short-pitched bowling from England.
Most batters were casualties of the bouncing ball as India slumped to a humiliating 319-run defeat here at Trent Bridge yesterday.
"If India don't try to improve their batting against short-pitched bowling, they will have similar problems in the latter half of the series," a furious Gavaskar told MiD DAY.
Gavaskar said that there is a technical deficiency in the batsmen's approach towards short-pitched bowling. "If you look at the dismissals of some of the platers, the root cause of the problem is that most of them are trying to fend the short ball instead of trying to keep it down. The basic idea is to always try to keep the ball down. With this sort of technique, they are going to continue to suffer," said the batting legend.
Ok Sunil you think you can criticise Sachin, Rahul and Laxman? How have they managed to be the leading run scorers in world cricket? Granted their may be an issue but do this publically isnt helping the side. Of course you never had problems with the short ball did you?
Most batters were casualties of the bouncing ball as India slumped to a humiliating 319-run defeat here at Trent Bridge yesterday.
"If India don't try to improve their batting against short-pitched bowling, they will have similar problems in the latter half of the series," a furious Gavaskar told MiD DAY.
Gavaskar said that there is a technical deficiency in the batsmen's approach towards short-pitched bowling. "If you look at the dismissals of some of the platers, the root cause of the problem is that most of them are trying to fend the short ball instead of trying to keep it down. The basic idea is to always try to keep the ball down. With this sort of technique, they are going to continue to suffer," said the batting legend.
Ok Sunil you think you can criticise Sachin, Rahul and Laxman? How have they managed to be the leading run scorers in world cricket? Granted their may be an issue but do this publically isnt helping the side. Of course you never had problems with the short ball did you?
