Former Indian player Kris Srikkanth slammed the team’s tactics on the field during their loss in the third ODI against England at Lord’s on July 19 as well. Bowling first, England posted a massive 387/3 in 50 overs in the series decider. Despite all five frontline bowlers going for plenty of runs, captain Shubman Gill did not add any sixth-bowling option. And Srikkanth also slammed the decision to exclude left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav.

He said on his YouTube channel, Cheeky Cheeka, “Kuldeep Yadav would have made a huge difference. On the other side, England are bowling Bethell and he is winning them the game with the ball. They tried all their bowlers, even Jacks and Bethell. But when you are getting smashed, why not give Shreyas Iyer two overs of legspin? Even Rohit Sharma could have bowled a couple of overs. Why, even Virat Kohli could have bowled two to three overs. If you push five to six overs this way, the 387 could have been 360.”

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“Kuldeep Yadav has gone there as just a tourist to sing London bridge is falling down. He should have been an automatic choice especially when England batters have always been bunnies to wrist spinners. Axar Patel is just rolling his arms without even trying to spin the ball. He doesn’t even get any revolution on the ball. Did he try to spin one ball? They are better off with Jadeja instead of Axar. Atleast Jadeja will do something with the bat and win you games,” he stated.

Kris Srikkanth also slammed the Indian pacers for not thinking on their feet in the series decider against England as well.

“Not one of the pacers tried any variation. Can’t the bowling coach instruct them from inside during the drinks break? This management has pushed many good bowlers to the shed and keep picking guys they like. I won’t even pick Arshdeep in the scheme of things in ODIs. India’s bowling is just terrible without Bumrah,” concluded Kris Srikkanth.