Forgettable Down Under: What went wrong for India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy?
Nitish Kumar Reddy, there is nothing much to write home about for India. Here’s what went wrong
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Lone Warrior
In Sydney on Sunday, where a 30 over old ball was moving, India missed Jasprit Bumrah who was out, injured. Perhaps an example of what could have Indian bowling’s fate been without him was on display. Mohammed Siraj (1 for 69) and Prasidh Krishna (3 for 65) were all over the place, bowling wrong lines and giving multiple freebies. That Bumrah was Player of the Series with 32 wickets and yet India lost 1-3 is a telling comment on how over reliant the visitors were on one player. He could bowl only 10 overs and took two wickets in the fifth Test.
A Virat Dissappointment Virat Kohli couldn’t get over the weakness of edging balls outside the off stump over five games. This, after an unbeaten ton in Perth. Player of the Match for Sydney Test, Scott Boland (10 for 76), had his number and all the hosts had to do was bowl the fifth or sixth stump line to him. India’s next red ball tour is to England in June and on current form, Kohli doesn’t deserve a place in the team.
Baffling Selection
In Melbourne and Sydney, India played three all-rounders in Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Nitish Reddy. At the MCG, Sundar and Reddy cumulatively bowled 27 overs. In Sydney, Sundar bowled just one over.
