IND vs ENG: Gautam Gambhir team management after India drop Suryakumar Yadav

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has questioned the decision to drop batsman Suryakumar Yadav from the playing XI in the third T20I against England on Tuesday. Suryakumar made way for opener Rohit Sharma, who was rested for the first two games, and the lack of a young player upset Gambhir, who wanted the team management to give the Mumbai batsman a consistent run. “It amazes me, seven months before the World Cup he starts preparing for the World Cup, and maybe after the World Cup he will start preparing for the next World Cup. It doesn’t really matter, the kind of you There are cases. ”ESPNcricinfo quoted Gambhir as saying.

“Imagine if there is an injury issue, what have you seen Suryakumar Yadav, what have you seen Suryakumar Yadav in international cricket. I hope no one gets hurt, but if there is an injury case and someone Needs to bat at No. 4 and No. 5, ”he adds.

“For example, there should be a replacement for Shreyas Iyer, who you’re going to go for. So at least look at someone you’ve got in the setup. Probably give him that chance in three or four games and see That’s where he stands., “Said Gambhir.

The former Indian opener said that if Suryakumar gave for the hosts in the current series, he could be seen as a backup option in the number four batting position.

Gambhir said too much rest and players’ rotation has created an unwanted problem and cited England’s approach of fielding the same XI in the T20 series.

“We create a problem for our own because we do so much. Every game, there is some change. Look at what England have done in this third T20I. They did not up their batting order. Revenge. So if you have problems for yourself, you will keep talking about a lot of problems, “Gambhir said.

“There will never be a shortage of talent in India, there will always be players coming because we have got such a big structure. We have got such great franchise cricket like IPL. They said create problems for ourselves.

Promoted

India’s skipper Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 77-run knock to take India to 156/6, but the total did not prove to be so much as Jose Butler and Johnny Bairstow made light work of the chase to give England an eight-wicket victory. did. Butler and Bairstow were unbeaten, scoring 83 and 40 respectively.

With the victory in the third T20I, England have now taken a 2–1 lead in the five-match series. Both teams will clash in the fourth T20I on Thursday which will be played at the same venue.