New Delhi. Former destructive opener of the Indian cricket team, Virender Sehwag has warned the batsmen of Team India. Veeru has said that Indian batsmen need to raise the level of their game. Indian batsmen failed in the test series against New Zealand. Indian batsmen kept struggling for runs in front of the spinners of the visiting team. The veterans are shocked and upset to see this condition of Team India at home. He is not able to understand how the batsman who is an expert in playing spin has forgotten this art. From Virat Kohli to Rohit Sharma, all the Kiwis looked helpless in front of the spinners.
Advising Indian batsmen to raise the level of their game against spinners, Virender Sehwag wrote on Instagram, 'It is mandatory for me as a supporter to support the team. But this has been a very poor performance from our team. Definitely need to improve the skill of playing spin. Some experiments look good in shorter formats but their unnecessary experiments in Test cricket were really bad.
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In the third test played in Mumbai, New Zealand defeated India by 25 runs and won 3-0. For the first time since 1999-2000, the Indian team has been swept in Tests. The team was then defeated by South Africa 2-0. This is the first time that India has faced defeat in all the matches of at least a three-match series. This is India's fifth defeat in the current cycle of WTC. Due to which there was a big drop in its points percentage (PCT). The team's points percentage slipped from 62.82 to 58.33.
New Zealand spinner took 37 out of 57 wickets
Virender Sehwag, popularly known as the Sultan of Multan, said, 'Congratulations to Tom Latham and the New Zealand team for doing that. Which is a dream for every team coming to India. And no one else could win like this. The failure of Indian batsmen to play spin can be gauged from the fact that New Zealand's spinners took 37 out of 57 wickets in the series. That too then the first Test was played on a pitch conducive to fast bowlers. Left arm spinner Mitchell Santner took 13 wickets in the second Test in Pune while Ajaz Patel took 11 wickets in the third Test in Mumbai.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 3, 2024, 8:43 PM IST
