Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Shreevats Goswami slammed Ranchi’s wicket after the second T20I between India and the West Indies on Friday. The visitors registered a six-wicket win after chasing 250 with nine balls to spare.
Thus, a total of 501 runs were scored in 38.3 overs as the bowlers were taken to the cleaners. All the Indian bowlers conceded their runs at a high economy rate of more than 11 as they failed to hit their line and length with a wet ball.
Goswami recalled how rookie bowlers like Auqib Nabi Dar and Anshul Kamboj were taken for runs while making their respective debuts in the ODI series.
Shreevats Goswami said on Beyond23 Cricket podcast, “What do the bowlers do? It’s a nightmare for them, and they can easily get dropped. It’s what happened with Auqib Nabi, who gave over 80 in one game and got dropped. Anshul Kamboj came in and gave over 80 in nine overs and got dropped. So this can kill a bowler’s career. Kuldeep Yadav was looking so threatening in the ODIs. All of a sudden, on a different pitch, he’s getting wacked everywhere.
Former Australian skipper Michael Clarke also concurred with Goswami’s comments.
He said, “We see this in the IPL as well, where some grounds, you don’t know how many to get. These players are so talented now that they are disappointed when they hit a four and think they should have hit that for six. It was fine as long as it wasn’t happening every game, but now even that seems to be changing. In the IPL, there were a few too many such pitches, especially in Hyderabad.”
On the other hand, former England spinner Monty Panesar questioned India’s performance and said Shreyas Iyer’s team should not be losing to the West Indies.
“It shows how strong West Indies can be if they get their structural stuff sorted out. India have everything, with the IPL helping players and the strongest board in cricket. They should not be losing to the West Indies when the West Indies don’t have the same level of infrastructure,” said Panesar (via the aforementioned source).
The third T20I between India and the West Indies will be played at Indore on Sunday.
