The Indian former keeper and batsman Deep Dasgupta considered that the poor performance of India in the first Test has led to lost the match against England. England vanquished over India with five wickets effortlessly.
The last 5-6 wickets haven’t contributed- Deep Dasgupta
In both innings, India has given the target of 471 and 364 to England. England performance altogether was undoubtedly outstanding. England completed their final day of first day test series to 373. Batsman like Ben Duckett and Joe Root, Ben Stokes were chase down runs as much as possible. However, the former keeper Dasgupta discussed about the recent Australia Tour 21-22 has played pivotal role. Especially bowler like Bumrah and Thakur took some important wickets. He said,
“The last 5-6 wickets haven’t contributed. If you look at the last series in England [2021-22], just imagine the kind of contributions we got from Mohammad Shami even Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur. They were very important contributions. Look at the Australia series that India won and the contribution from numbers 6-7 onwards. Going forward, I think it’s a very important aspect of this series.”
I think another 50-70 runs in 1st innings would have made a difference- Deep Dasgupta
He also discussed both innings batting performance by pointing out India would have chased more runs such as Rishabh’s pressure batting against England. In the 1st Test, India was an excellent rival to England. India’s partnership were impressive although according to him. Dasgupta has observed that,
“I think another 50-70 runs in the first innings would have made a difference. In the second innings, England would have gone for the run chase any which way. Had Rishabh [Pant] batted for another 10-odd overs, there would have been more runs and the pressure would have been a little more to score a little more briskly. [However] after that first wicket partnership, they were comfortably placed in terms of the asking rate.”
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