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BCCI angry with Team India's debacle in 2nd Test; likely to grill Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri

BCCI angry with Team India's debacle in 2nd Test against England at Lord's. The board is likely to grill captain Virat Kohli, coach Ravi Shastri for team's poor show in England.

BCCI angry with Team Indias debacle in 2nd Test; likely to grill Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri

New Delhi, Aug 13: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is reportedly miffed with the Indian Cricket Team's consistently poor show in the Test series against England.

The board seems to have taken notice of the team's shameful defeat in the Lord's Test in which Virat Kohli and his men were bundled out twice in 82 overs. India eventually lost the game by an innings and 159 runs to trail behind by 0-2 in the five-match series.

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As per reports, the board is likely to grill captain Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri following team's performance as they seemed to have conceded defeat much before and didn't even show any resistance.

On conditions of anonymity, a senior BCCI official told news agency PTI, "The Indian team cannot complain that they were not given enough time to prepare. When we lost the South Africa series, the players spoke about tight scheduling and lack of practice games. It was after speaking to them that we decided that white ball matches will be held before the Tests."

It was also rumoured that the board is set to take a call on Shastri-Kohli's complete freedom in the team management. "We arranged white ball matches first. It was on the senior team's insistence that we send India 'A' team during the same time starting the concept of 'Shadow Tour', Whatever they wanted, they were provided. Now if results don't come, the Board is well within its rights to ask questions," the official added.

"Don't forget under Shastri and current support staff, we have lost major Test series in Australia (0-2 in 2014-15), South Africa (1-2 in 2017-18). Now we are in dire straits in England."

"If you remember, BCCI removed Duncan Fletcher's assistants Joe Dawes (bowling coach) and Trevor Penny (fielding coach) after India lost the Test series 1-3 in England. Shastri became the Director along with Sanjay Bangar, R Sridhar and Bharat Arun joining the support staff before the ODI series," the official recalled.

PTI quoted a BCCI source as saying, that batting coach Sanjay Bangar and fielding coach R Sridhar's performance was also being assessed. After Sridhar took charge, the Indian slip cordon has dropped 50 catches. Sanjay Bangar, on the other hand, faces heat on India's poor batting record on away tours.

India were bundled out for 107 and 130 in the two innings against England in the Lord's Test. It was the first occasion under Kohli's captaincy when Team India suffered the ignominy of losing a match by an innings.

Team India is being criticised by several former cricketers and cricket experts for not showing a fightback against a dominant England side. None of the Indian batsman, including captain Kohli, lacked the patience and never really counter-attacked.

The big guns like Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli failed in both the innings as a result India suffered their 5th consecutive Test defeat on the English soil.

James Anderson (4-23) once again toyed with the opposition as he took his match tally to nine, and equally effective was Stuart Broad (4-44).

All-rounder Chris Woakes (137*) emerged as the top-scorer from the game while Ravichandran Ashwin (29 and 33*) was the highest scorer for India in both the innings. This clearly explains how badly Indian batsmen performed the game that lasted three days.

(With PTI inputs)

Story first published: Tuesday, August 14, 2018, 11:21 [IST]
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