Hardik Pandya has began his reign because the captain of India’s T20I group, although not on a full-time foundation, he stays a ‘work-in-progress’. The India all-rounder would possibly have already got an Indian Premier League (IPL) title to his title as a captain, however main the Indian group on the worldwide circuit is a unique problem altogether. In the 2nd T20I towards Sri Lanka, Hardik took a variety of doubtful calls as a captain, and former India opener Wasim Jaffer hasn’t shied away from calling them out.
Jaffer, in a present on ESPNCricinfo, recommended that he needed Hardik to bowl at dying as a substitute of newcomer Shivam Mavi because the latter would not have a fame for delivering in that part of the sport.
“I expected Hardik to bowl instead of Mavi in the death. Mavi hasn’t got a reputation of bowling well in the death. Hardik had that experience. I thought he would have bowled that 20th over,” stated Jaffer.
The former India opener was additionally ‘stunned’ to see Hardik utilizing Arshdeep for simply 2 overs. While there is not any denying that the 5 no-balls the left-arm pacer bowled put India on the backfoot, he nonetheless stays one in every of India’s greatest bowlers within the final 4 overs.
“I was surprised, I thought he’ll come in and bowl after the sixth over. He’ll probably bowl one or two overs in the middle overs and then bowl in the death. Also, just giving two overs to Arshdeep, Hardik got it wrong there,” Jaffer added.
“Since Shivam Mavi did so well in the first game, why didn’t he bowl with the new ball? You could probably give Arshdeep the third or fourth over. Still unacceptable what Arshdeep did. But I think Hardik should have trusted Mavi,” Jaffer additional stated.
During the post-match presentation ceremony, Hardik identified the errors made by the Indian group in the course of the powerplays (each whereas batting and fielding) that price them the match.
“Both bowling and batting – powerplay hurt us. We made basic errors which we shouldn’t do at this level. Learning should be the basics we can control. You can have a bad day but shouldn’t be going away from basics. In this situation it’s very difficult. In past as well he’s bowled no-balls. It’s not about blaming but no ball is a crime,” he had stated.
With the sequence stage 1-1, India and Sri Lanka will now sq. off within the sequence decider on Saturday.
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