LONDON: With the autumn of each and every wicket at Lord's on Sunday afternoon, the whispers got louder: "This hurts more than the 42 all out." Back in 1974 at Lord's, the Indian team of their 2d innings, was all out for 42, which until date stays the bottom total for India in Test cricket. Virat Kohli's males have avoided that 44 years down the road, however the way in which they have capitulated in the 4 innings thus far in this collection has saddened each and every Indian supporter to say the least.
High on that listing is Farokh Engineer, who top-scored for India in that 1974 Test fit with an 86 in the first innings. India managed to attain 302 in that innings, Sunil Gavaskar chipping in with a 49. "Yes, we were all out for 42, but this performance has been much worse. We at least put up a fight in the first innings of that Test and I was the top-scorer," Engineer said.
The former wicketkeeper batsman, who performed numerous his cricket for Lancashire feels that the present lot, rather then Kohli, lacks the basic solution to survive towards a decent tempo attack in English prerequisites. "There were some great bowlers in operation then and we didn't have so much protection as these guys have. Personally, I love these boys, but their technique leaves a lot to be desired," Engineer said.
He referred to one of the most dismissals in the first innings, pronouncing that the present lot ceaselessly has a tendency to play an outswinger at the onside, which gamers of their generation would by no means do. "It's a basic, you don't play across the line against the swinging ball. I don't know what the batting coaches are doing," Engineer fumed. The octogenarian went back to that day in London after they have been bowled out for 42. "I was in the shower when I was told I would have to go back and bat again. And I remember quite well that I wasn't out in the second innings. I had hit the ball, yet was given leg-before (for 0)," he recalled.
Engineer was at Lord's on Saturday and he spoke about his discussion with Clive Lloyd, the mythical West Indian captain, about the Indian team's lack of utility. "He told me that my team is doing the basics wrong and it pained me so much," he said. And going via the craze of Indian batting, the previous big name is "even scared" of what's in retailer for India in Nottingham.
High on that listing is Farokh Engineer, who top-scored for India in that 1974 Test fit with an 86 in the first innings. India managed to attain 302 in that innings, Sunil Gavaskar chipping in with a 49. "Yes, we were all out for 42, but this performance has been much worse. We at least put up a fight in the first innings of that Test and I was the top-scorer," Engineer said.
The former wicketkeeper batsman, who performed numerous his cricket for Lancashire feels that the present lot, rather then Kohli, lacks the basic solution to survive towards a decent tempo attack in English prerequisites. "There were some great bowlers in operation then and we didn't have so much protection as these guys have. Personally, I love these boys, but their technique leaves a lot to be desired," Engineer said.
He referred to one of the most dismissals in the first innings, pronouncing that the present lot ceaselessly has a tendency to play an outswinger at the onside, which gamers of their generation would by no means do. "It's a basic, you don't play across the line against the swinging ball. I don't know what the batting coaches are doing," Engineer fumed. The octogenarian went back to that day in London after they have been bowled out for 42. "I was in the shower when I was told I would have to go back and bat again. And I remember quite well that I wasn't out in the second innings. I had hit the ball, yet was given leg-before (for 0)," he recalled.
Engineer was at Lord's on Saturday and he spoke about his discussion with Clive Lloyd, the mythical West Indian captain, about the Indian team's lack of utility. "He told me that my team is doing the basics wrong and it pained me so much," he said. And going via the craze of Indian batting, the previous big name is "even scared" of what's in retailer for India in Nottingham.
Team's meek display reminds Engineer of 'Summer of 74'
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August 13, 2018
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