Former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has slams Gautam Gambhir’s team selection strategy during the ongoing Test series against England, specially in the fourth Test. Due to frequent changes in the team squad selection, Sidhu expressed frustration over frequent changes and he believes has disrupted the team’s rhythm and hindered their ability to perform collectively.
After England ended Day 3 on a commanding 544/7,Novjot Singh Sidhu telling on his YouTube channel that India’s frequent changes have hurt the team’s rhythm and ability to perform collectively.
Sidhu told visibly frustrated ” In the third match, Bumrah returns and Prasidh Krishna is dropped. In the fourth match, Akash Deep gets injured and Anshul Kamboj is brought in. What is going on? Have you ever seen this many changes? It is not just bad, it’s worse,”
He told the revolving-door policy is undermining India’s structure. “You’re not able to build a proper combinations. Who understands better than Gautam Gambhir that teams win because of combinations, not individual brilliance? When he was with KKR, it was the six-bowler combination that picked up 106 wickets. That made the difference,” Sidhu reminded.
Sidhu also raised questions on several decisions taken across the four Tests.
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“In the first match, Bumrah plays but Shardul isn’t given the ball alongside him. Then Shardul gets dropped, Bumrah doesn’t play, Akash Deep comes in, Washington Sundar comes in, Nitish Reddy comes in,” Sidhu told, citing a lack of continuity.
Sidhu questioning the absence of Kuldeep Yadav and the drop in Bumrah’s pace.
“Today, it felt like there were only two and a half bowlers. Just look at Bumrah. In the first Test, over 40% of his balls were over 140 km/h. Today, only one ball crossed that mark. So somewhere, the engine looks tired,” Sidhu added.
As England leading 2-1 and also dominating the fourth Test, questions over India’s selection policy and management have only escalated.
