Indian cricketer and former Indian Cricket Control Board (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly has blamed top -ranked batsmen for defeat in the Lord's Test. Team India lost to England by 22 runs in the third Test.
Chasing a target of 193 runs, India were all out for 170 runs. No batsman could cross the 20 -run figure except KL Rahul (39) and Ravindra Jadeja (unbeaten 61).
There is no shortage of talent in the team Speaking at the Indian Racing League and the F4 India Championship event on Tuesday, Ganguly said that the team wanted to score 190. I'm a little disappointed. He wanted to score 190 runs from the way India batted in this series. When you see Jadeja fighting and making runs, seeing the talent of this team, I think it would be more frustrated than me because it had a chance to go 2-1 in the series. I am sure that in this dressing room, they will be disappointed with not scoring 190 runs.
He further said that if the top order had struggled a little, this match would have been from India. Yashwashi Jaiswal could not open his account in the second innings. Shubhman Gill 6 and Rishabh Pant could not reach the two figures by scoring 9 runs. KL Rahul played 39 runs, but Jadeja (unbeaten 61) finally fell alone.
Opener Yashwashi Jaiswal was able to play only 15 balls in both innings.
Sourav Ganguly praised Ravindra Jadeja Ganguly praised Jadeja as a 'special player'. He said that Jadeja was wonderful. As long as he is batting and performing this way, he will play for India. He has been on the team for a long time. He has played about 80 Tests and over 200 ODIs.
Its batting, bowling and fielding can be seen. He is a special player and has improved his bat with experience. It is a very important part of this team.
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