‘He would have thrived’: Australia captain on India’s missing player on England tour; on ‘hostile’ environment at Lord’s | Cricket News – Times of India

Alyssa Healy of Australia poses with the trophy after successful the Women’s Ashes Test Match between Australia and England on February 01, 2025 in Australia (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)

India had been pressured to confess defeat at the fingers of a relentless England bowling assault on Monday at Lord’s. The hosts, charged by their skipper Ben Stokes and the blistering deliveries of Jofra Archer, made certain that India fell quick of the 193-run goal to take a 2-1 lead within the sequence. The win for England implies that India at the moment are confronted with a should-win scenario within the 4th Test.Looking again at India’s defeat in a recreation that noticed Gautam Gambhir’s males play spectacular cricket for a major half of the sport, Australia ladies’s workforce captain Alyssa Healy made a slicing comment on the Indian workforce. Speaking on the “Willow Talk” podcast alongside Adam Peacock, the skipper reminded India what they have been missing and it was no shock that Virat Kohli’s identify got here up. The former Indian skipper and No 3 known as time on his crimson-ball profession shortly earlier than the squad was introduced for the Test sequence in opposition to England.While his retirement didn’t take middle stage within the first two Tests within the sequence given India’s chic batting, the defeat within the third, which noticed India fail to chase the 193-run goal highlighted what the aspect was missing, in keeping with Healy.

“I probably shouldn’t say this for the sake of the current Indian team, but it made me miss Virat Kohli a little bit, because I would imagine him absolutely thriving in that environment, trying to save a Test match. He would have been absolutely frothing to be a part of that,” mentioned Healy.The Test at Lord’s birthed a number of tense and heated moments between the 2 sides, with sarcastic jibes, passionate celebrations and raging feedback taking the highlight. India skipper Shubman Gill misplaced his cool to England opener Zak Crawley for his time-losing ways, saying “Get some balls, show f—ing balls!”

Gill too, was taken purpose at, when Ben Duckett sarcastically mentioned that he has made 600 runs within the sequence and will not be scoring any extra. The India captain had a moderately subdued efficiency with the bat, scoring simply 16 and 6 over the 2 innings.