Indian Cricket Team
The Indian team has to play the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia from 22nd November. For the first time, there will be five test matches in BGT. This had never happened before. Team India has been winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the last four times, out of which it has hoisted the tricolor twice by winning in Australia. But this time the path will not be easy for Team India. The Indian team faced a 0-3 sweep in the Test series against New Zealand on home soil. This has dealt a big blow to Team India’s chances of reaching the World Test Championship. Now Sandeep Patil, who was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 ODI World Cup title, has given a big statement.
Former selection committee chairman Sandeep Patil expressed confidence that the team is so good that it will not be fazed by these setbacks. During the launch of his book ‘Beyond Boundaries’, Patil said that he has to play against Australia on its soil only. They have to forget what happened there last time. They will also have to forget what happened in this series against New Zealand and look ahead.
Defeat as a warning: Sandeep Patil
He said that before winning the World Cup, we had lost all the practice matches. Therefore they should be remembered. You have to think positive and play in the same manner, only then you will get better results. If you play defensive cricket and think about winning, it is not going to happen. He said that this defeat in the series was like a warning. It is not that our team is playing badly. A few months ago he won the T20 World Cup. We have some big players in our team, they will definitely make a comeback. He must have learned a lot from this defeat.
New Zealand won the series for the first time
New Zealand had won only two Test matches against India before this series and then won three consecutive Test matches in the same series. New Zealand has won the Test series on Indian soil for the first time. At the same time, for the first time, Team India has suffered the pain of a clean sweep at home in a Test series of three or more matches. Indian team’s star batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli proved to be miserable flops in the series.
(Input: PTI)
