‘Poor approach, defensive mindset’: Twitter lambasts Indian batsmen after their horrendous performance in the second ODI
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The second match of the ODI series between India and England got underway on Thursday evening. Indian Captain Rohit Sharma once again called correctly at the toss and chose to bowl first on a bright sunny morning at the historic Lord’s stadium in London.
The big news from the Indian team was Virat Kohli’s recovery from the groin injury that kept him out of the first ODI and the batter was all set to play the second match of the series.
The England opener began their innings cautiously and decided to ‘see off’ their chief tormenter from the previous game ‘Jasprit Bumrah’ who was breathing fire once again. The England team lost their first wicket at the score of 41 as out-of-form Jason Roy was once again dismissed cheaply.
Wrist Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal quickly came into the act in the middle overs as he spun a web around the English batsmen and scalped the wickets of Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root and Ben Stokes in quick succession leaving England reeling at 102/5.
Some gritty innings from Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali and David Willey resurrected the England innings and got them to the total of 246. Chahal turned out to be the thorn in England’s flesh as he picked up 4/47 in his ten overs.
The Indian openers strolled out to the middle expecting to once again chase down the target comfortably but much to their surprise England’s opening bowlers Reece Topley and David Willey didn’t give an inch to the batsmen as they rattled the Indian openers.
They quickly got amongst the wickets as Toppley trapped Rohit Sharma in front of the stumps once again with a late in-swinging delivery.
The dismissal opened the flood gates as Indian batsmen had no answer to England’s high-class bowling. India were reduced to 31/4 thanks to the relentless bowling effort by English seamers. Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav tried to stitch a partnership and added 42 runs for the fifth wicket before Yadav played a delivery by Topley back onto his stumps.
The Indian chase could never come back on track after the early blows as the batsmen kept losing wickets trying to keep up with the required rate. Reece Toppley picked up his career-best figures of 6-24 as England crushed India by 100 runs levelling the three-match series by 1-1.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to India’s loss:
Poor approach and tactical plan by #IndianCricketTeam! Such a defensive mindset, annoying to see. @ImRo45 #RahulDravid #rohitsharma Can we get some sort of intent in our game. Still playing old school cricket. Shame! #indiavsengland #india #AskTheExpert #SonyLIV
— InvestorSackAI (@investorsackai) July 14, 2022
Everyone is performing extraordinary except @imVkohli, right @BCCI?? @INDIAvsENGLAND
— Nisir saha (@NisirS) July 14, 2022
What is indian top order batsman doing… bowlers will not save the day everyday… seems like they have forgot playing one day international… Not for one game… All games are same story.. Selection team need to search for new players and give them experience like rinku singh
— Abhishek ray (@abhishekray20) July 14, 2022
https://twitter.com/anupsjaiswal/status/1547626512244809738?s=20&t=hEyBIh68FydhXnkjTY9STQ
In their quest to be ultra-aggressive, England have ended up scoring at less than 5 rpo. Counterintuitive, but this is how Cricket works. Not a sport for the 80IQ crowd. #ENGvIND #ENGvsIND #INDvsENG #INDvENG #IndiavsEngland #EnglandvsIndia
— Mumelelo Mbangwa (Weekend Warrior) (@Bullakhulla2) July 14, 2022
https://twitter.com/Benstokesfan55/status/1547587608716275712?s=20&t=hEyBIh68FydhXnkjTY9STQ
https://twitter.com/AbhayShee/status/1547576041400827904?s=20&t=hEyBIh68FydhXnkjTY9STQ
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly waching India vs England ODI match at Lord's. #IndiaVSEnglandODIonSonyLIV#ENGvIND #2ndODI #SachinTendulkar #SouravGanguly #Lords pic.twitter.com/FV0KQoVf49
— المؤيد ÃDÑÅN KHÄN (@AdnanDnkhn16) July 14, 2022
https://twitter.com/PureWinIndia/status/1547653769025839105?s=20&t=hEyBIh68FydhXnkjTY9STQ
https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1547636837522763776?s=20&t=hEyBIh68FydhXnkjTY9STQ
@imjadeja is so overhyped as a batsman in limited overs cricket. Haven’t seen him even taking the team and crossing the line. #IndianCricketTeam #SonyLIV #indiavsEngland #AskTheExpert #india
— InvestorSackAI (@investorsackai) July 14, 2022
Misses a straight ball and is out bowled, sums up India today. Just not quite clinical. Had moments to take it away but allowed England first to score and the batting never got in. Good lessons for the unit. #Indiavsengland #IndianArmy #BCCI
— Raghav Tambi (@tambi_raghav) July 14, 2022
