Former England captain Michael Vaughan was unimpressed with Team India’s decision to start Day 2 of the third Test against England with the speedster Ishant Sharma. However, India had to take wickets in the first hour of play and Vaughan was surprised to see that as Ishant failed to make a mark as well.
Ishant Sharma has had a poor start at Headingley. He has conceded over four runs per over and failed to maintain proper line and length a swell. Michael Vaughan also stated that Virat Kohli will have to answer for his strange tactics.
“You are looking at the start of the day’s play. Ishant Sharma was by far the worst Indian seamer yesterday. You start with him the next day, in an hour that you have to win, you (should) surely go to your best bowler, Jasprit Bumrah. Shami didn’t take the new ball yesterday for whatever reason. And Virat will have to answer it and he will have to answer it quite heavily,” Michael Vaughan said on Test Match Special podcast.
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The former captain has also pointed out how Team India need to adapt if they want to bounce back in the series as well. He continued: “The best teams in the world adapt. This Indian team are a good team, but they can’t be up there with the great teams unless they are actually willing to accept that they need to arrive and do things differently.”
Michael Vaughan also slammed Team India for their poor show in the first two days of the third Test against England. After having a great show at Lord’s, India’s sudden fall raised a lot of questions also. The veteran has also shared his disappointment on this. However, England posted 423/8 before Day 2 ends, with a lead of 345 runs as well.
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“I think they should be careful that they don’t do things for show. For me, I saw at Lord’s, I thought it was brilliant that all their team came into the Long Room to greet that partnership (between Bumrah and Shami). I like that, in a team, I want to see that. But you can’t do things like that and arrive the week after and put in a performance like this. That doesn’t happen in real high-class cricket. That looks to me now like all histrionics and antiques, it just looks like it was for show. A team that is really together and fight in with that crunch of the situation, they don’t play like what we have seen India play in the last two days. What really has happened to India in the last two days? They have arrived and played in these two days like a really poor cricket team,” Michael Vaughan concluded.
