The India vs England Check sequence is tied 1-1.© Twitter
Former India pacer Zaheer Khan has highlighted the hosts’ batting frailties within the ongoing sequence in opposition to England, saying it was solely due to the person brilliance of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill that India received the second Check. Indian batters did not hearth as a collective unit within the second Check as the house aspect rode on opener Jaiswal’s first innings 209 and Shubman’s 104-run knock within the second essay moreover pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s sensational bowling effort to safe a series-levelling 106-run win.
“There are a few concerns when you look at the team – batting is something that they will be talking about because under these conditions, on this sort of a surface, we have seen India do better,” Zaheer stated on JioCinema.
India set England a 399-run goal and regardless of Zak Crawley being the one one breaching the half-century mark, the guests have been capable of rating 292 runs.
“You look at England’s second innings, there is only one half-century and they still managed to get close to 300. That is what collective effort can do. We have seen two brilliant innings – Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill, but with the bat, there is a lot of work to be done,” Zaheer added.
In a dominant place after taking a 190-run first innings lead, India had collapsed to a stunning 28-run defeat within the sequence opener and have been beneath large heading into the second Check.
Moreover, India have been with out star batter Virat Kohli and the injured trio of KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami in Vizag.
“If you are one down in the series, you need that aggression, fight and belief to make sure that it is 1-1 after the end of the game. And I think Rohit was able to bring out those individual performances from the players.” The third Check of the five-match sequence, which is a component of the present World Check Championship (WTC) cycle, will start on February 15 in Rajkot.
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