Former Indian keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has expressed his disappointment over Team India’s whopping 125-run defeat to England in the third T20I at Trent Bridge, as visitors are currently trailing the five-match series by 0-2.
Speaking exclusively on Cricbuzz, Karthik reckoned that this was one of the worst batting performances in a long time from the Indian team, adding that Shreyas Iyer was visibly angry with his team’s batting performance.
“Yes, India did not bat well. Probably one of the worst batting performances in a long time. But it was interesting, maybe odd, you can say, for the captain to come quite hard at the batting unit. He used the word atrocious to describe their batting, he used the word awful as well. You could see how disgruntled, a little bit upset he was, and he must be angry, understandably so, but knowing Shreyas Iyer, he has to come back because he is such a key member in that batting unit, that if he scores, the team looks different, as well have seen with PBKS (Punjab Kings). He is such a critical component to this batting order as well,” Dinesh Karthik said on Cricbuzz.
Notably, India suffered four defeats in their last five T20Is, which includes a no-result fixture against England. Furthermore, the former cricketer insisted that despite the surface being slow, the Indian team, being the World Champions, are expected to seal the deal.
“What’s happening to Team India? Four of the last five matches have been lost, we are the world champions at the moment. The pitch was probably a little slow, but you expected 200 to be the par score, but we felt India, could have, should have chased that down,” Dinesh Karthik said.
“But barring that opening partnership where there were a couple of sixes, where we thought, ‘Alright, we are looking good here’. But once the openers fell, things changed. India had a collapse, not one player even got to 15. Their worst ever loss in T20Is, the world champions are finding it hard in England at the moment. India have a lot of work to do, and a lot of questions will be asked,” he concluded.
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