Most disappointing 4 batsmen: Kohli tops the list!!
The most disappointed four batsmen did against England. Among them, virat kohli is at the top. Apart from them, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari and shreyas iyer left no stone unturned to sink Team India's loot. Another Test abroad, another defeat. Team india was defeated by england in Edgbaston Test. With this, the indian team was defeated in the third consecutive Test on foreign soil. At the end of last year, india had won against south africa in Centurion. This was followed by defeats in johannesburg and Cape Town. Now after the defeat at Edgbaston, Team India's hat-trick of defeat has been completed.
The most disappointed four batsmen did against England. Among them, virat kohli is at the top. Apart from them, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari and shreyas iyer left no stone unturned to sink Team India's loot. The bowlers forgot their line in the second innings. Apart from this, the team had to bear the brunt of the mistakes made in the fielding.
1. virat kohli failed: In the match, his attitude was seen more than the runs of Virat Kohli. His clash with Jonny Bairstow made headlines. The manner in which Virat celebrated after the runout of alex Lees seemed to have won the match. Aggression isn't wrong, but it shouldn't just be reflected in your attitude. You also have to score runs for the team. If kohli had scored a half-century or a century, no one would point a finger at his aggression. Now it is being discussed that kohli is focusing more on his attitude than batting.
Virat got out after scoring 11 runs in the first innings and 20 runs in the second innings. More than 950 days have passed since his last international century. Virat had scored the last century against bangladesh on 22 november 2019. Even if leaving 2020 due to Corona, his rival Joe Root has scored 11 centuries from 2021. Now Virat will have to think more about his batting. For how long will Team india keep him without a run?
This is Gill's 11th Test. He hasn't scored a single century so far. Gill has four fifties in his account. He has scored two half-centuries at home and two abroad. The last half-century abroad with Gill's bat came on 15 january 2021. Then he scored 91 runs in the second innings of the brisbane Test against Australia. Looking at the last four innings, Gill had scored 28 and eight in the final of the World Test championship against new zealand in Southampton. Now Edgbaston returned to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs in the first innings and four in the second innings. Due to his failure, Team india did not get a good start in both the innings.
Talking about shreyas iyer, he got out after scoring 15 runs in the first innings and 19 runs in the second innings. In both the innings, england got his wicket on the short ball. Iyer, who was included in the team in place of Ajinkya Rahane, was playing a Test match abroad for the first time. Iyer was caught in the first innings by sam Billings off james Anderson's short ball. In the second innings, Matty Potts got him caught by james Anderson on a short ball. The short ball has been Iyer's weakness for a long time. The current england coach Brendon McCullum was well aware of this. He was the coach of kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL and Iyer the captain. McCullum asked his bowlers to shorten and the english team got the advantage.
5. Smashing the bowlers: The indian bowlers, who bowled brilliantly in the first innings, were seen wandering in the second innings. Was continuously bowling by hitting the leg stump. He had to bear the brunt of this. Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root beat him fiercely. The economy of some bowlers was such that seeing it, they should be ashamed of themselves. Mohammad Siraj gave away 98 runs in 15 overs. His economy was 6.50. shardul thakur conceded 65 runs in 11 overs. His economy was 5.90. Both of them gave Bairstow and Root plenty of opportunities to open their hands. england got the advantage of this. He won the Test to level the series at 2-2.