When the England team was coming to tour India, it was believed that it could achieve the feat of defeating India at home. The reason for this was baseball cricket introduced by England. Ever since Ben Stokes became the captain of the England Test team and Brendon McCullum became the coach of the team, England has started playing baseball and before coming to India, this team had not lost a single test series, but after coming to India. This team has started playing baseball. Play baseball.
Baseball in India was a failure. Four matches of the five-match Test series have been completed and India has taken an unassailable lead of 3-1. India has won this series by winning the fourth test match played in Ranchi. After this defeat, England coach McCullum has revealed why his team lost.
India is leading in the series
However, England started the tour with a win. India was defeated in the first test match played in Hyderabad. England won this match. India made a comeback in the second match and won the match and leveled the series. In Rajkot, Team India did not give England a chance to make a comeback and took the lead in the series. In the fourth Test match, the England team was in a strong position but Team India made a brilliant comeback and won the series.
Team India performed brilliantly
However, after the Ranchi Test, McCullum has revealed the reason for his team's defeat. Talking to the media, McCullum said that his team did not play well when needed. He also gave credit to India for this and said that to be honest, India also performed well and they were a better team than us, we could not match them. McCullum said that he regretted the defeat but his team played better cricket. He said that we could not win the Ashes by defeating India but we have played better cricket in the last 18 months and we will have more opportunities in the next 18 months. We're going to continue to play our style of baseball.
'I am proud of my team'
McCullum said he was disappointed to lose the series but was proud of his team. He said that his team had chances throughout the series and his team also performed well. He said that good competition was seen in this series and India should be given credit for their good performance. The next match between India and England will start from March 7 in Dharamshala.