Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting slammed Indian captain Shubman Gill’s decision to give the new ball to debutant Anshul Kamboj on Day 2 of the Manchester Test against England. Ponting also shared that Team India got
their tactics wrong, while their bowlers also failed in the execution part. And, England dominated India on Day 2 of the fourth Test at Old Trafford in Manchester on Thursday, July 24 as well.

During a discussion on Sky Sports Cricket, Ponting said: “I think they were tactically off as well. Kamboj shouldn’t have taken the new ball. I didn’t like that from the start. Five of Duckett’s first six boundaries were behind square leg, so tactically they were wrong. I think Bumrah is bowling from the wrong end. Most of the wickets have fallen from the Statham end and he’s done most of his work bowling from the Anderson end.”

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Meanwhile, former England pacer Stuart Broad also raised questions over Team India’s bowling performance on Day 2 of the Manchester Test as well. According to him, India’s bowling effort on Thursday was not good at all.

He said: “Really poor. When your batters get you a score that is slightly above par in the conditions they had to bat in, you’ve got a responsibility as a bowling group to put the opposition team under pressure. The amount of balls down the leg side, Duckett could just clip it. It was unacceptable at Test match level. You see that at lower levels. I don’t think he [Duckett] he had to work particularly hard for his runs.”