Gambhir, Akram lambast Rohit’s WC transfer, say ‘For those who weren’t assured…’

Cricket legends like Ricky Ponting, Nasser Hussain, and Harbhajan Singh felt the Ahmedabad pitch ploy ‘backfired, on the opposite facet Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag felt the sluggish 67-run stand between KL Rahul and Virat Kohli price India the match.

In the meantime, one other set of cricketing legends Gautam Gambhir and Wasim Akram have identified Rohit Sharma’s essential strikes within the ultimate in opposition to Australia, which resulted in its defeat.

Each admitted that they have been each left stunned on the transfer.

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“I did not perceive why Jadeja was despatched forward of Suryakumar Yadav. Why was he demoted to No. 7? That was nowhere the fitting name for me,” Hindustan Instances quoted Gambhir who was talking at a panel dialogue on Cricbuzz.

Whereas Akram mentioned, “I imply he’s taking part in purely as a batter there. I might have understood the transfer if Hardik was there within the line-up.”

Gambir even questioned if the staff administration was in any respect ever assured about Suryakumar’s skills in ODI cricket.

“Think about if KL Rahul is batting with a sure temp with Kohli then it makes much more sense to despatched Suryakumar in and ask him to play aggressive cricket, play his pure cricket since you nonetheless have Jadeja. It is vitally simple to say for an knowledgeable to say that Suryakumar struggled. However the participant’s mindset is that if he will get out the following batters are Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Siraj and Kuldeep. Nevertheless, if he is aware of that the following batsman in is Jadeja then he would have had a special mindset. If you weren’t assured in Suryakumar at No. 6 you then may as nicely ought to have picked another person,” he mentioned.

India Vs Australia Remaining:

Batting second, Pat Cummins-led Australia defeated India by 6 wickets, with 42 balls remaining, and lifted the world cup for the sixth time.

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Earlier, India gave a goal of 241 runs for Australia to chase. Aside from KL Rahul (68), Virat Kohli (54) and Rohit Sharma (47), no different Indian participant might cross 20 runs. And India managed to place simply 240 runs on the scoreboard.

For Australia, Mitchell Starc took three wickets, whereas Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins picked up two wickets every. Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell additionally clinched one wicket every.

Chasing the goal of 241 runs, Australia misplaced three early wickets, however Travis Head’s 137 runs in 120 balls led Australia raise their sixth World Cup.

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Up to date: 21 Nov 2023, 10:49 PM IST