Big Reason Why India Defeat Test Series: The New Zealand team had come to India to play a three-match test series. New Zealand has converted this test series into a historic victory. New Zealand has clean swept India in this series. After this crushing defeat, questions are being raised on the preparations of the Indian team. Many questions are also being raised on the experienced players of the team. After India’s historic defeat, Sachin Tendulkar also raised questions on some reasons behind the defeat. Which has now become a topic of discussion.
Sachin Tendulkar asked many questions
Sachin Tendulkar congratulated the New Zealand team by sharing a post on his social media platform X. Along with this, he also raised three questions on the shortcomings behind the crushing defeat of the Indian team. He raised questions on weak planning, wrong shots and practice. The discussion on this is spreading like wildfire. Sachin Tendulkar wrote- “Losing 3-0 at home is a bitter truth and we need to think deeply about it. Was our preparation weak? Did we play wrong shots? Or did we lack match practice?”
Apart from this, he also praised Shubhman Gill and Rishabh Pant. Sachin Tendulkar wrote- “Shubman Gill performed brilliantly in the first innings and Rishabh Pant was excellent in both the innings. He made the difficult pitch easy with his excellent footwork. His performance was excellent.”
For any visiting team, to win a Test series in India is a dream, and New Zealand have played really well to make it happen.
Such results can only be achieved with good, all-round team efforts.
Special mention to Santner for his standout performance, picking up 13 wickets.… pic.twitter.com/YLqHfbQeJU
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 26, 2024
Senior players do not take proper training
Questions are also being raised on the form of KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli against New Zealand. It was said in many media reports that senior players appeared careless about proper training. Due to which the senior players completely failed against New Zealand and the hopes of all the countrymen rested on the young players.
KL Rahul was out for zero runs in the first innings of the first Test match against New Zealand and in the second innings he returned to the pavilion after scoring only 12 runs. After this, he was dropped from the playing eleven in the remaining two matches.
Rohit Sharma had scored a half-century in the second innings of the first test match. After this his bat did not play in any match. Once he was out on zero runs. Twice he could not even score 10 runs and twice Rohit Sharma was out without crossing the 20 run mark.
Virat Kohli had scored only 70 runs in the second innings of the first match also. After this his bat became silent. In the first innings of the second match, he was out after scoring one run and in the second innings he was out after scoring 17 runs. In the first innings of the third match, he returned to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs and was out in the second innings after scoring only 1 run.
Pressure is increasing on Virat-Rohit to play domestic matches
There is a discussion on social media about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma playing domestic matches. Former Pakistani cricketer Basit Ali has given rise to this issue. After which many people are advising Virat and Rohit to play domestic matches.
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