Sandeep Patil Takes Sly Dig At Ravi Shastri After Team India's Test Series Loss

Team India, the No.1 ranked Test side, were outclassed by New Zealand in the recently concluded series. It was an all-round failure for India with their batsmen and bowlers failing to step up in testing conditions. As a result, India registered their first Test series loss in the World Test Championship.

The series whitewash did not go well in the cricket fraternity with many finding Team India’s lacklustre performance hard to understand.

All of them have played enough cricket to adjust: Sandeep Patil

Former chairman of selectors Sandeep Patil too joined the noise as he found it hard to believe that none of the batsmen played their natural game in New Zealand. He also feels that most of the batsmen in the side are experience enough to have adjusted to the conditions.

“New Zealand beat us convincingly [2-0] and it was painful to see our batsmen not playing their natural game. To me, this was beyond comprehension. Doing what comes naturally to you is the only way you can put runs on the board. All of them have played enough cricket to adjust,” Patil told mid-day.

Ravi Shastri will say will take positives but what will happen: Sandeep Patil

Patil, who has played 29 Tests for India, also took a sly dig at Team India coach Ravi Shastri. He reckons Shastri would make a statement about the series loss but it will not make any difference.

“I am aware that teams struggle against us but if you want to be the No.1 team in the world, you have to succeed in all conditions. Are we going to be the No.1 team only at home? Ravi Shastri [head coach] will soon come up with a statement and say we have learnt our lessons and we will take the positives. But what will happen,” he further added.

India’s next assignment will be at home, when the host South Africa for a three-match One-Day International (ODI) series, starting from March 12.