Kolkata: Following the humiliating defeat against England, first in Mumbai and recently at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, former Indian greats lashing out at skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and men have called for immediate measures to be taken to improve teams’ performance in the next test.
Most of the former cricketers criticized Dhoni, who lead the team to World Cup 2012 triumph, and argued that the captain was confused and team were over confident.
Former captain and ex-chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar was quoted by a website saying, “England were well-prepared while India were over confident. The Indian preparation for this important series was diabolical.”
Kris Srikkanth, another former chief selector, expressed his ire against Dhoni, calling him confused. “Definitely Dhoni is confused. He does not know what to do and when things go out of control he just lets them drift away.”
Former batsman Kirti Azad appreciated England’s performance in the Kolkata test and ridiculed India’s performance.
“It is not just the batsmen, it is the entire team. I fail to understand that our spinners were struggling to take wickets but look at the spinners of the England team. They have bowled to a very good line. They are not trying anything because the wicket is helpful. They have adapted will to the conditions”
Kiran More, former wicket keeper said some changes should be made to the side ahead of the fourth Test starting on Thursday in Nagpur.
“We were outplayed in all departments and if you don’t score 450 plus in the first innings on a track that was provided, you are already on the backfoot. At this point of time you cannot have wholesale changes, may be one or two changes for the next Test match.
“I don’t want to blame the captain alone because it has been a collective failure,” he said.
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