IND vs SA: They Don't Have That Spark And That Energy Is Not There – Sarandeep Singh On The Indian Team

Former team India selector Sarandeep Singh, while talking about the Indian team after the ODI series defeat against South Africa, said that India are missing the spark and the energy.

India lost the three-match Test series against South Africa by 1-2 and yesterday India lost the second consecutive ODI of the three-match ODI series and lost the ODI series as well.

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Meanwhile, Sarandeep Singh has said that the captaincy change has played a major role in India’s poor performance in the series against South Africa.

“India were favourites from day one not only in Test matches but even in the ODIs. The way they lost the Test matches. In the second Test India lost badly but only thing is it is not about the players. It is about captaincy too the way we thought KL Rahul will be very cool and calm but if you see Virat’s captaincy then he was very energetic and pumped up. In the same way, the team used to play as all the players were pumped up but now what I feel sitting from outside is somehow Indian team is missing that spark. They don’t have that spark and that energy is not there,” Sarandeep told ANI.

He praised the South Africa team and said that chasing the 288 runs target, they played like champions. Sarandeep also talked about the performance of all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer in the two ODI matches so far.

“They scored big runs as 287 is a big total. SA team played like champions. They played disciplined cricket, they played for the win. If you talk about Venkatesh Iyer he is not that quick and he is an opener. He did well in the T20s and he is a big hitter. Now he is batting at number six. He can’t hit because the field is not open. He is struggling over there with the bat as well as failed to take wickets,” he added.

The Young Tall Fast Bowler Should Be Given A Chance – Sarandeep Singh On Prasidh Krishna

Sarandeep opined that the pacer Prasidh Krishna and spinner Axar Patel should be included in the Playing XI in the third and final ODI and Jasprit Bumrah shouldn’t be rested.

“Mohammed Siraj is still injured but I am in huge favour of Prasidh Krishna. The young tall fast bowler should be given a chance. Jasprit Bumrah or Mohammed Shami both should not be rested because you don’t want to be 3-0. So, you need one experienced bowler over there. So, Prasidh Krishna should be tried and you should pick Axar Patel ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin. You need someone to contribute with both bat, ball and fielding also,” said Sarandeep.

Sarandeep highlighted that the fielding of the Indian team has been very poor in the series as they have dropped many catches and gave easy singles to the opposition team.

“I think India’s fielding was also very poor the way we dropped catches. You can see how easily singles were given away. There was no fielding in the circles and surprisingly Virat Kohli is not seen in the field all the time as somehow he seems to be lost in the scenes. He is fielding in the boundaries and is not seen in the circles. So, there are few things which are missing,” he added.

Former team India selector Sarandeep also mentioned that the Indian team did a great job under head coach Ravi Shastri and captain Virat Kohli as both were aggressive and modern-day cricket needs aggression.

“You see what Ravi Shastri did with the team. How Ravi Shastri pumped up the team. This team was doing so well for the last seven years under Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli and they both were aggressive and modern-day cricket needs something like that. They have to be aggressive. Look at the way SA played. They were aggressive and look at the way they have won,” said the former selector.

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