If 'abject surrender' would be used to describe the 1st innings batting performance of Indian batsmen, it would possibly be an understatement. It reminded a similar batting performance of Indian team in South Africa in 1996-97 when Indians were shot out for 100 in the first innings of the test.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16126/scorecard/63736/south-africa-vs-india-1st-test-india-tour-of-south-africa-1996-97
Normally at least one tail ender & one top order batsmen stand out in such matches. Today it was only Ashwin. Though the non-performance of the specialist Indian batsmen could result in the mental fatigue of Virat Kohli stressing him out to the extent of driving him into playing false strokes. No one else really applied themselves. That does not take away the credit for the good deliveries bowled by Curran, Woakes, Broad or Anderson. But this supposedly 'best team equipped to win in England' could have done better.
It's the all familiar scorecard for an Indian cricket fan. In all the innings that Dinesh Karthik has batted on this tour, more & more fingers are being pointed on him. Possibly he will come good in the next innings, but the collective failure of Indian batsmen has the spotlight hovering on him, Pandytop class or current Indian batsmen just lack the calibre to play genuine, quality swing bowling or both the points are true. Whatever is the case, blame needs to be shared. Ownership needs to be taken.
a, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul. The fact that Pujara becomes immobile with fall of an early wicket was re-stated with him scoring 1 out of 25 deliveries. Either the swing bowling by Curran, Woakes, Broad or Anderson was
Whether Kohli will be able to motivate his bowlers to come out tomorrow with a similar/better display of bowling than their English counterparts we need to find out tomorrow.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16126/scorecard/63736/south-africa-vs-india-1st-test-india-tour-of-south-africa-1996-97
Normally at least one tail ender & one top order batsmen stand out in such matches. Today it was only Ashwin. Though the non-performance of the specialist Indian batsmen could result in the mental fatigue of Virat Kohli stressing him out to the extent of driving him into playing false strokes. No one else really applied themselves. That does not take away the credit for the good deliveries bowled by Curran, Woakes, Broad or Anderson. But this supposedly 'best team equipped to win in England' could have done better.
It's the all familiar scorecard for an Indian cricket fan. In all the innings that Dinesh Karthik has batted on this tour, more & more fingers are being pointed on him. Possibly he will come good in the next innings, but the collective failure of Indian batsmen has the spotlight hovering on him, Pandytop class or current Indian batsmen just lack the calibre to play genuine, quality swing bowling or both the points are true. Whatever is the case, blame needs to be shared. Ownership needs to be taken.
Whether Kohli will be able to motivate his bowlers to come out tomorrow with a similar/better display of bowling than their English counterparts we need to find out tomorrow.
