India without anything for England testing? The former selector grills serious and fire for ‘waking’ too late
More than half of India’s squads, 11 players never played a Test match in England.
Kiran More, former India President of the selectors, is happy with the Control Board for Cricket in India (BCCI). Earlier today, the board announced the 18-man squad for India’s Test series against England. And more thinks that the head coach Gautam Gambhir and the chairman of the selectors Ajit Aggarkar have not done a great job.
BCCI transition failure
About two weeks ago, both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket. The step came as a surprise for the general public, but the BCCI would definitely have planned for it. The two players were more than 35, and their performance was more in Kohli’s case, not great.
Nevertheless, the board was not 100% sure who would change Rohit as India’s Test captain. More thinks that BCCI had one and a half years old to prepare for an infection which was later coming soon, but they have failed on this front. No one should forget, more was the chairman of the selectors from 2002 to 2006, so he knows some things.
“First, I am surprised. The entire selection committee and coach should think that this (transition) was about to come. Now, suddenly, everyone is awake, and now they are asking who the next captain should be. They should be prepared. I think we are not ready for 1.5 years; It is a big awakened call for us.” Kiran More said on Jio Hotstar.
India to struggle in England, and says
Now, Bharat is going to England with Sai Sudharan and Abhimanyu Ishvaran, who is not yet to make his Test debut. Karun Nair, who has not played international cricket in 8 years. Gill has a 5-Match captaincy experience, which is also against Zimbabwe in T20I. More and more India is not expected to win; He, in fact, thinks that it will be a major struggle.
“I do not expect any miracle on this (England tour) because I think India is going to struggle,” He said.
India Test Squad for England
Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC and WK), Yashsvi Jaiswal. KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwan, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jadeja, Dhruv Jurlel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Sirj, Prasad Krishna
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