Former Australia keeper-batter Brad Haddin believes the Indian workforce, led by Shubman Gill, needs an “attitude adjustment” because the guests strive to discover a means out of their fielding woes within the ongoing five-Test collection in England.
Indian fielders, particularly Yashasvi Jaiswal, dropped a number of catches as Gill’s facet misplaced the opening Test at Headingley by 5 wickets to go 0-1 down in opposition to Ben Stokes’ workforce.
The 47-year-old Haddin, who performed 66 Tests and scored greater than 6,500 runs throughout codecs for Australia, stated that every one the nice cricket groups throughout totally different eras had good fielding as their distinguishing function.
“Every great team, no matter what era you are playing, the one standout they’ve always had… they’ve been great fielding teams. And, I think, that’s the one legacy (Shubman) Gill can start to leave now on this team,” stated Haddin in his Willow Talk podcast.
“It needs an attitude adjustment if you want to field well and compete the whole time, it’s only attitude,” Haddin added.
Young opener Jaiswal, who was fielding within the slips and gully area, essential catches off the bowling of Jasprit Bumrah, leaving the tempo spearhead annoyed.
Indicating that Indian gamers’ poor fielding was evident throughout this yr’s Indian Premier League, Haddin stated the catching had left a lot to be desired through the two-month-long T20 event.
“In the IPL this year, the catching was horrible. Yes, we talk about talented bowlers, batsmen, but it was the catching that was a real problem.”
He stated that there was nothing stopping India from turning into one of the best fielding facet on this planet given the type of expertise that they had.
“And the one thing I’d say to India, is find a way to be the best fielding team in the world because you’ve got the talent everywhere else,” he stated.
India will hope to overcome their shortcoming and degree the collection when the second Test will get underway in Birmingham on July 2.
