WTC Final 2023, India vs Australia: The batsmen of the Indian team saw a very poor performance in the final match of the World Test Championship (WTC). In both the innings, only 2 players from Team India were able to score more than 50 runs. In this match, the Australian team defeated India by 209 runs. At the same time, after the defeat in the final match, former veteran Indian player Sunil Gavaskar has strongly criticized the performance of Team India’s batsmen.
Regarding the poor performance of the batsmen of the Indian team in the final match, head coach Rahul Dravid made a statement that it is normal for any batsman to have a low average on foreign pitches. There was a sharp reaction from Sunil Gavaskar regarding this statement of Dravid.
Regarding this statement of Rahul Dravid on Star Sports, Sunil Gavaskar said that it should not matter what is the average of the batsmen of other teams. We are talking about the Indian team. His average is continuously falling and something has to be done for it. Bad performance by the batsmen on overseas tours gets us in trouble every time.
Gavaskar further said that there are such batsmen in our team whose ability can be seen if they can win the match single-handedly. He bats very well on Indian pitches. But his performance on foreign pitches is seen opposite to the expectation. He is a grandfather in India, but starts faltering as soon as he comes abroad.
Indian batsmen lost their wickets due to bad shots
In the WTC final match, the batsmen of the Indian team lost their wickets while playing bad shots. In this, captain Rohit Sharma tried to play a sweep shot against Nathan Lyon in the second innings. At the same time, Virat Kohli handed over his catch in the slip on the outgoing ball of Scott Boland. Apart from this, no one had imagined that Cheteshwar Pujara lost his wicket while playing the kind of shot off Pat Cummins.
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