NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar expressed his disappointment with the Indian crew’s batting efficiency throughout their loss to New Zealand within the second Check at Pune.
The defeat led to India’s first house sequence loss in 12 years, because the Kiwi spin assault, spearheaded by Mitchell Santner, who claimed 13 wickets within the match, outplayed the hosts in their very own spin-friendly situations.
New Zealand secured the sequence 2-0 with a sport to spare, successful the second Check by 113 runs.Manjrekar identified that Virat Kohli, as soon as once more, misjudged the size of Santner’s supply, whereas skipper Rohit Sharma appeared underconfident towards spin.
He believes that three out of the highest 4 Indian batsmen lack confidence when going through spin bowling.
Manjrekar means that India ought to have relied extra on their defensive strategies and prevented shedding early wickets.
“Virat Kohli as soon as once more misinterpret the size. The ball was a lot fuller than he anticipated and got here again into him sharply. Rohit Sharma was not assured on the crease. There are numerous guys, prime 3 out of 4 who’re wanting confidence towards spin. On pitches like these, you see that it’s troublesome to bat vs spin in first session and a half,” Manjrekar mentioned.
“I believe that if India backed their defence a little bit extra, issues may have gotten simpler. If India had not misplaced too many wickets earlier, this sport may have been a lot nearer with Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja being round,” he mentioned.
Manjrekar additionally talked about that he thought India may stage a shock comeback when Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill had been batting collectively.
Nonetheless, he noticed that Gill struggles to learn spinners and feels pressured when going through them on turning pitches.
“When Yashasvi and Shubman had been going collectively, I assumed that there can be a shock across the nook. Shubman Gill clearly doesn’t have the texture for spinners. You understand batters, who can work with their footwork instinctively, he clearly is underneath strain when he’s taking part in spinners on turning pitches,” Manjrekar instructed ESPNCricinfo.
India and New Zealand will now head to Mumbai for the third and closing Check, starting November 1, on the Wankhede Stadium.
