Sanjay Manjrekar questions Kohli’s bowling strategy

Manjrekar said, I wouldn't say India had bad tactics or they blundered on tactics. Team selection I think was fair. People are talking about Kuldeep Yadav now because Shahbaz Nadeem hasn't bowled well.

Hyderabad: India have made a wrong start to the four-match Test series against England going down by 227 runs in the first Test in Chennai. Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar questioned captain Virat Kohli’s bowling changes and said it was a bit hard to understand Kohli’s captaincy in that regard.

Speaking on the loss in the first Test, Manjrekar said, “I wouldn’t say India had bad tactics or they blundered on tactics. Team selection I think was fair. People are talking about Kuldeep Yadav now because Shahbaz Nadeem hasn’t bowled well. This was a tailor-made pitch for him. Tactically, the small parts of the game where Washington Sundar I think bowled the wrong line to begin with. He is a great guy to bowl outside off stump and when he did that, it troubled the opposition batsmen. That’s where Virat Kohli is a little hard to understand, with his overall strategy and team selection.”

“His first few overs, he had two people on the drive. Maybe the bowlers weren’t allowed to begin with to bowl to the field that he wanted. But more than tactics, India’s ability in this match fell short and they would want to make amends in the second Test. Tactically, England were superior but I won’t say that India blundered tactically,” Manjrekar said.

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