Past Indian National Cricket Team goalkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel He criticized Rohit Sharma’s captaincy in the Test series Opening against the New Zealand National Cricket Team.
Rohit Sharma & Co. Despite going into the series on the back of a dominant 2-0 romp over Bangladesh, he was not at his best in the first Test of the three-match series against the Blackcaps at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. at home.
India Loses First Test Against New Zealand By 8 Wickets
India won the toss and elected to bat first in the match. The decision backfired as they scored 46, the lowest score in the history of Test cricket on home soil and the third lowest overall.
Then, with the ball India were level and they put up a poor fight against Rachin Ravindra and Tim Southee which allowed the visitors to post just 402 runs on the board.
It took a special effort from the Indians to get back into the match and they did. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma started well before Virat Kohli took over the attack and played some brilliant innings.
However, the best performances came from the bat of Sarfaraz Khan who scored 150 runs and Rishabh Pant who scored 99 runs.
India reached 462 and set a target of 107 runs for New Zealand, who ran away with 8 wickets in hand to win on the final day.
Rohit Sharma’s captaincy was a bit surprising – Parthiv Patel
While defending a small total, he started with Rohit Sharma jasprit bumrah and Muhammad Siraj and brought in Ravichandran Ashwin, the team’s biggest winner, only when the opposition needed 10 runs to win.
During a discussion at Colors Cineplex, Parthiv Patel was surprised by Rohit Sharma’s tactic of introducing Ravichandran Ashwin very late in the attack. He said that Ashwin should have opened the bowling with Jasprit Bumrah. He elaborated:
“It was a bit of a surprise because you want your main bowler to bowl as much as possible. In fact, we were debating whether he should play the new ball because he is more effective with the new ball, especially when he bowls the fourth innings.
“So Rohit Sharma’s captaincy was definitely a bit surprising. When he (Ashwin) came to bowl for two overs, he beat the batter there two or three times. When he (Rohit) looks back or goes to the press conference, I feel that he , will definitely be asked why he didn’t bowl Ravichandran Ashwin.”
India might have lost the Test but I still don’t feel the decision was wrong – Parthiv Patel
Rohit Sharma was heavily criticized for India’s decision to bat first in the match and the skipper openly admitted his error while reading the pitch in a press conference. However, Parthiv Patel felt that India’s decision to bat first was not a mistake. Parthiv Patel elaborated:
“India might have lost the Test, but I still don’t think it was a wrong decision. It’s true that India batting and getting out for 46 was too late in the game. But I don’t think it was a wrong decision. After that, India had opportunities to come back into the Test match.
“When Rachin Ravindra and Tim Southee had a partnership of 130-plus runs, you had a chance there. After that, when Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant batted and Sarfaraz got out, you had a chance to build a partnership. 110-run target for 170 or 200 if it’s close, it would be a different game.”
