If solely the runs from his bat flowed as shortly and freely as Rohit Sharma’s excuses.
The Indian captain was fast to search out causes for his staff’s emphatic defeat within the World Test Championship remaining after by no means actually being within the match in a 209-run loss to Australia.
It was simply as one-sided as India’s defeat in opposition to New Zealand in the identical fixture two years earlier, the place India was rolled for 217 and 170 in an eight-wicket loss.
Rohit has didn’t cross 50 in his 4 innings in these finals – and neither has the remainder of the Indian prime 4.
Playing in English situations in June, this time round so quickly after the Indian Premier League, has confirmed too stiff a problem for the subcontinent powerhouse.
And it prompted Rohit to name for change after Australia coasted to victory on Sunday evening (AEST).
“The final should have a three-match series and the match shouldn’t always be played in the month of June and in England,” Rohit mentioned.
Rohit’s feedback had been relayed to victorious Aussie skipper Pat Cummins and he shortly shut down his counterpart.
“We already won the final,” Cummins mentioned. “There can be a series of three or maybe even 16 matches, but … players win medals in Olympics with just one final.”
Rohit additionally doubled down on his criticism of essentially the most controversial second of the match – Shubman Gill’s dismissal within the second innings when he was caught by Cameron Green.
“The decision was made quite quickly,” mentioned Rohit, who additionally objected to 3rd umpire Richard Kettleborough’s name from the center of The Oval.
“You need to be 100 per cent sure because it’s a final and we were at an important stage of the game. There was only one or two camera angles, more should have been shown.”
Again, Cummins supplied a contrasting view.
“He’s probably the best umpire in the world, he knows the rule book, he’s seen every angle,” Cummins mentioned. “I’d back his decision more so than emotional, passionate fans that are looking on a big screen from 100m away.”
Indian coach Rahul Dravid confirmed extra grace when he was requested about Team India’s preparation.
“I am never going to be happy with the prep as a coach, but that’s a reality I’m faced with … we are faced with,” he mentioned.
“Schedules are so cramped and tight. When you’ve been playing international cricket, if you’re here three weeks before the tour and play two (warm-up) games, you’re going to be better prepared.
“We don’t have that, got to do what we can, but no excuses, no complaints. I want to congratulate Australia. They played better than us for five days. We don’t need to make excuses, we need to look at ourselves, see what we can get better at, what we can improve on, and that’s a constant effort.”
Originally printed as Pat Cummins shuts down sooking Indian captain after WTC remaining win
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
