Veteran Indian cricket crew wicket-attendant hitter Dinesh Karthik was not satisfied with Rohit Sharma’s ‘cautious’ approach on Day 4 of the principal Test match against Britain on Sunday. Continuing at 316/6, Ollie Pope wound up scoring 196 as India were given an objective of 231. Karthik said that India were extremely cautious in their methodology from the beginning of the day and despite the fact that it was justifiable to be moderate in their strategies against Pope, he brought up that against tail-enders like Tom Hartley, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja ought to have had going after defenders to make pressure.
“India have been excessively guarded. I can comprehend being guarded to Pope however to Tom Hartley, Jadeja and Ashwin ought to get going after defenders and not such countless sweepers,” Karthik said on JioCinema.
Unbelievable India cricketer Ravi Shastri likewise repeated comparable feelings as he said that it is ‘an obscure area’ for Rohit and Co for a meeting side to score more than 400 runs in the third innings.
“The non-verbal communication is dropping. This is an obscure domain for India. You can detect the host group is feeling the squeeze. They are not used to visiting groups pilling on 400 or more runs in the third innings,” he said.
Pope hit 196 as Britain finished their second innings on 420 all out on Sunday’s day four, with India requiring 231 hurries to win the initial Test.
Pace lead Jasprit Bumrah got four wickets and bowled Pope to enclose up the Britain innings by the main meeting in Hyderabad after the sightseers continued the day on 316-6.
Britain slipped to 163-5 on Saturday subsequent to beginning the innings 190 runs behind, however Pope hit back with his fifth Test ton and a 112-run stand with Ben Foakes.
