NEW DELHI: Former India coach Ravi Shastri expressed his dissatisfaction with Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, criticising it as overly defensive on the second day of the second Check towards New Zealand in Pune on Friday.
Throughout the second session of Day 2, Shastri and former India spinner Murali Kartik engaged in an in depth dialogue about Rohit’s techniques.
Kartik famous that the New Zealand batters had successfully pushed the Indian fielders again, leaving nobody near the bat. At that second, Tom Latham and Will Younger have been batting aggressively, prompting Rohit to unfold the sphere to include their scoring.
Shastri identified that with India conceding a lead of over 100 runs, they wanted to bowl out New Zealand for simply 120. He emphasised that an attacking discipline was important and criticized the technique of spreading the sphere as quickly as a bowler conceded a number of runs.
“New Zealand have managed to scatter away all the lads across the bat,” Kartik highlighted.
“Additionally tells you, tactically, how you need to be pondering. India must be pondering how you can bowl out New Zealand for 120. For that to occur, you should take into consideration wickets, you want folks in attacking positions. Sure, if the aspect will get to 60 for no loss, you can begin to suppose in a different way. It additionally makes the bowler suppose that he desires wickets, not with a diffusion out discipline like this,” Shastri reckoned.
New Zealand have been in sight of a historic sequence win in India after spinner Mitchell Santner took 7-53 to assist bowl out the hosts cheaply. A surprised India fell to 156 all out of their reply, gifting the guests a first-innings lead of 103 on a turning Pune pitch.
New Zealand, who’ve by no means received a Check sequence in India and lead the three-match sequence 1-0, have been 198-5 at stumps of their second knock, a lead of 301, after skipper Tom Latham hit 86.