India’s disadvantage at Lord’s has not only fulfilled criticisms, but has also inspired several non-participants in controversies to protest against men in Blue’s performance at Lord’s.
After the Indian bowlers bowled the English batsmen for just 192 in the second innings, India had to chase only 193 runs in about 4 sessions. For all, even the winning prophet, it seemed that India was 100% favorite in which there was no possibility of victory or draw for England.
But England eventually won the match by 22 runs. Now the question arises as to who should be credited to the English bowlers or Indian top-order batsmen, who destroyed their fans and played the worst to ruin the golden opportunity to take an early lead in the series.
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AB de Villiers slammed the Indian top-order on his channel
Former Royal Challengers Bangalore Star Batter AB de Villiers criticized the top 5 batsmen in the Indian lineup, showing no indication of intentions, resulting in a tragic loss in a tragic loss, despite strong firmness from Jadeja and talenders.
He did not agree with India’s strategy to play the role of a conservative brand of cricket, despite such low scores and the quantity of success to the team, showing intentions in the game.
“I think Team India went wrong in my humble opinion, in the final innings, conservative with bat in hand in the top five.”
“I felt that Jaddu played it in tea because he needed to be conservative and play the situation, where I felt that in the top five, there was a lot of freedom for the English bowlers to be fluent from there and to take that attack for the English bowlers, pressurizing them to take out the catch,” AB de Veliers said on his YouTube channel.
AB de Villiers praises everyone for India’s bowling attack
Although AB de Villiers slammed the Indian batsmen who had a strategy to chase deeply in the day 5 game, but they were badly unsuccessful in their possibility, they praise all Indian bowlers who, according to them, did a remarkable job.
Indian bowlers contributed significantly to India in the second innings, as Bumrah and Siraj took two wickets, while Akash Deep and Nitish Kumar Reddy also had one wicket. However, Washington Sundar with his 4/22 made a surprise work at Lord’s, where he cleaned the Big Three for England: Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith.
“…. I really believe that Team India’s bowling attack is on England’s batting attack, and they are doing their work. It’s just batsmen because they are starting, but they are not just moving forward,” he said.
AB de Villiers – Second Proteas to identify the lack of intention in Indian innings at Lord’s
AB de Villiers is not the first South African who slammed the intentions of Indian players in Lord’s Test second innings; First Herschel Gibbs also did the same on his X handle.
However, Gibbs not only slammed the Indian top order, but also an excavation in Jasprit Bumrah, who played 54 balls and did not show any intention to score runs. Although many people tried to return Bumrah, saying that the hour was needed, Gibbs was firm that if Bumrah could have the record of the highest runs in one over in Test cricket, then why can’t the similar intentions be shown here?
One thing seems clear from all these: Despite the format test cricket for modern players, the intention is what you can match, no matter what format of sports.
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