India head coach Gautam Gambhir has been slammed by followers following Washington Sundar’s poor displaying towards South Africa nationwide cricket staff within the T20 World Cup Super 8 fixture on Sunday, 22 February, on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Sundar was retained within the enjoying XI for the all-important conflict as India continued to bench vice-captain Axar Patel.
However, the transfer didn’t pay dividends, as the spin all-rounder bowled simply two overs, conceding 17 runs with out taking a wicket. He additionally scored 11 off 11 balls after being promoted to bat at quantity 5. Explaining the choice behind Sundar’s choice on the toss, Suryakumar Yadav stated it was a tactical name.
“It’s very harsh on Axar Patel, but we’re going with the same team — just a tactical decision, so no changes from the last game,” stated Suryakumar on the toss.
The purpose for together with Sundar rather than Axar was the tactical match-up towards the South African batters, who had three left-handed gamers of their high 5. With Axar being a left-arm spinner, it might have been simpler for the Proteas batters to take him on than Sundar, who was anticipated to take the ball away from them.
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However, Sundar’s abilities weren’t utilised successfully by captain Suryakumar Yadav. He was launched within the seventh over of the match and conceded 11 runs towards Dewald Brevis and David Miller. Sundar was instantly changed by Varun Chakravarthy within the subsequent over, who was additionally struck for 17 runs by the Proteas batters.
Despite runs being leaked from each ends, Sundar was not introduced again into the assault till the 14th over, the place he conceded six runs and was subsequently not given one other over. As the Sundar experiment failed comprehensively, followers criticised Gambhir and the staff administration for the underwhelming returns.
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