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At present, a very big, hot and sharp news is coming out from the Indian cricket world, the corridors of sports and the strategic decisions of Team India. In the second match of the exciting ODI series being played between India and New Zealand, Team India may have registered a thrilling win by 4 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) rule in the rain-interrupted match, but during this match, a new controversy has arisen regarding the batting order of the players in the playing eleven. Known as the team’s experienced wicketkeeper-batsman and trouble-shooter. KL Rahul The decision to field him to bat lower down the order i.e. at number six instead of his usual position, led to the former captain and veteran player of India. Kris Srikkanth Very angry. Srikanth addressed the head coach of the Indian team during the live show. Gautam Gambhir It has been strongly criticized and has termed it as sheer ‘injustice’ to KL Rahul. Let us know in detail what sharp reaction the former captain has given on this decision of Gautam Gambhir and what happened during the match.
Kris Srikkanth angry over sending KL Rahul to number six in Wellington ODI
In the second ODI match played between India and New Zealand at the Wellington ground, there came a time when wickets of the Indian team started falling continuously and the entire team seemed to be under deep pressure. Usually, in One Day International cricket, KL Rahul comes in the middle order i.e. at number 5 and handles the innings and plays the role of troubleshooter. But in this match, the team management took a shocking decision and sent all-rounder Akshar Patel to the crease to bat before Rahul.
Akshar Patel could not show anything special with the bat in this match and was out cheaply. Former captain Kris Srikkanth did not like this decision of the team management at all. He vented his anger openly on his official YouTube channel and raised serious questions on the strategy of head coach Gautam Gambhir. Srikkanth believes that repeatedly making an experienced and classic player a scapegoat or tampering with his established position is not in the interest of the team.
“When difficult situation comes, only Virat and KL Rahul come forward”: Srikkanth
Criticizing Gautam Gambhir, former Indian captain Kris Srikkanth bluntly said that whenever the team gets into trouble, on most occasions only two players come forward and handle the innings – one is Virat Kohli and the other is KL Rahul. Srikkanth said angrily, “In the second ODI, when everyone was struggling, only KL Rahul looked comfortable on the pitch. If Rahul had got out early in the last match, Team India’s innings would have completely fallen apart. In such a situation, where is the justice in sending a player like Akshar Patel to bat before KL Rahul? How can you justify the decision of forcing a match winner like KL Rahul to bat at number six?”
Chris Srikkanth further said that Gautam Gambhir should understand well that KL Rahul is a ‘Marquee Player’. In the past, Rahul has scored brilliant centuries for India while playing at important positions like No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 and has proved his usefulness. Despite this, it is clearly unfair to them to put them in such a low and uncertain role. However, cricket pundits believe that Gautam Gambhir might have made this strategic change to maintain the left-right combination during the match, but despite this, a debate has erupted among the veterans.
Young fast bowler Gurnoor Brar’s bowling highly praised
On one hand, Chris Srikkanth criticized the team management regarding the batting order, while on the other hand, he praised the young Indian bowlers who performed brilliantly on the New Zealand tour. Especially, the young fast bowler who took 4 important wickets while bowling killer bowling in the second ODI. Gurnoor Brar He was quite impressed with the performance and congratulated him on being named ‘Player of the Match’.
Talking about Gurnoor Brar’s bowling, Srikkanth said, “Gurnoor Brar can prove to be an excellent bowler for ODI and Test formats, however, he still needs to make some more improvements in the T20 format. Whenever the conditions and pitches are favorable for fast bowlers, Indian pacers have always performed brilliantly around the world. This trend has been going on since the time of Javagal Srinath.” However, he also added that sometimes our bowlers struggle on flat and normal pitches, which needs further attention. However, after this victory of Wellington ODI, while on one hand Team India has gone ahead in the series, on the other hand this debate that started regarding the batting position of KL Rahul may gain more importance in the coming days.