India’s four-innings totals in the two Test matches played on turning tracks in Pune and Mumbai were 156, 245, 263 and 121. In both games, they became the first team to whitewash India at home in a three-match Test series.
The embarrassing 46-all dismissal in the first Test in Bengaluru was largely due to India’s decision to bat first in rainy weather, which backfired. But the batting failures in Pune and Mumbai were abject surrender to spin.
Ajaz Patel’s six-wicket spell, supported by Glenn Phillips’ three-wicket haul, set New Zealand up for the win on Sunday. 25 point win. Wankhede Stadium The home team won by just 147 runs.
India tried to launch a rank-turner to trap New Zealanders in Mumbai but got caught themselves; and former India opener Akash Chopra Call it an admission that Indian batsmen can’t bat that well these days.
“Now it feels like we should admit that we can’t play the spin game. Let’s be very, very honest, let’s not beat around the bush,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel while analyzing the third Test. “On a flat track, we can (play spinners), but everyone can play on a flat track. The only difference is that we bowl better than other teams on a flat track and bowl the ball better.” Good, because the quality of our spinners is very high.
“So, we win the quality versus quality battle. But if the track spins very slightly, whether it’s Pune or the Wankhede in Mumbai (we fall short)… the New Zealand batsmen are still Didn’t bat as a unit Daryl Mitchell played an innings, Tom Latham, Rachin Ravindra were also outstanding…but said To be honest, they spin better than us.
Many Indian batsmen uncharacteristically try to counter spin through sweeps and counter-sweeps, something Chopra feels cannot be mastered overnight and requires a lot of practice for batsmen to execute perfectly.
“We had neither confidence in spin nor control over our shots. We were trying to find shots when the ball wasn’t there, trying to sweep, practicing every morning before the game. But it’s like learning a new language, my friend. If you don’t know a language, it takes a lot of time to learn it,” he said.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma New Zealand failed to score in all three Tests, continuing their poor run of results at home, which began with two Tests against Bangladesh before the New Zealand team arrived.
Kohli scored 93 runs in three innings while Rohit scored 91 runs. The second-ranked Indian batsman is Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is ranked fifth with 190 runs.
Talking about the reasons why Indian batsmen failed in terms of spin, Chopra said: “Why can’t we? Because we don’t play domestic cricket. When we focus more on the white ball cricketand then the habit of playing on turning courses disappeared. We can’t even remember the last time one of our main players appeared in a top-tier domestic competition. So where are you going to practice?
Rohit last played in a first-class domestic game in 2016, while Kohli last played in a domestic game in 2012.
“You play international cricket, that’s okay; but international cricket nine times out of ten is played on a good track. When that happens on a bad track, you get caught. That kind of thing It happens again and again,” Chopra analyzed.
India will next embark on a limited-overs tour of South Africa before flying to Australia for five Border-Gavaskar Trophy Tests.
After losing the top spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings to Australia, India’s chances of qualifying for the WTC final have now become very slim.
