Shastri Predicts 'Harsh Words' From Gautam Gambhir For India's 'Rubbish' Bowling
Ravi Shastri criticized India's bowlers for a poor display at Old Trafford, predicting harsh words from coaches Gambhir and Morkel.
Ravi Shastri has predicted that head coach Gautam Gambhir and bowling coach Morne Morkel will have some 'harsh words' to say to the team's bowlers after a 'rubbish' display at Old Trafford on Thursday (July 24).
The former India head coach was quite unhappy to see India go wicketless in the 14 overs bowled by the visitors in the second session of the day. England openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley eventually put up a 166-run stand, which was only broken by spinner Ravindra Jadeja in the 32nd over. Duckett got out soon after, falling six runs short of his century, getting caught behind to debutant Anshul Kamboj.
Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur went wicketless as England ended the day at 224/2, just 133 runs behind India's first innings score.
'Just not consistent enough," Shastri said on commentary. 'They will look back at this session and see, especially some of the boundary deliveries, that it's pretty ordinary stuff, at times rubbish."
When asked if he'd used the same words if he still were the coach, Shastri replied in the affirmative.
'Absolutely, maybe in better terms," he said. 'Maybe get the local lingo in there, which can sound harsher. Some harsh words will be exchanged by the coach and the bowling coach," he added.
'I think we heard it when we were waiting to come out just before the break, what Ravi Shastri said. It was rubbish. They just missed their areas. I'm not sure what they were expecting out of the surface, but I was surprised that they actually went with Anshul Kamboj ahead of Mohammed Siraj with the new ball to start with, knowing what impact Siraj has had on this series so far and knowing how important the start of England's batting innings is. You know they're going to come out and play their shots," Ponting said on Sky Cricket.
India will need early wickets at all costs to come back in the Test and have hopes to save the series where they are trailing 2-1.
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