Cricketer turned commentator Sunil Gavaskar was upset after Rohit Sharma missed out on taking part in the primary ODI towards Australia as a result of household commitments. As a outcome, Hardik Pandya was requested to guide the crew in Rohit’s absence. The Men in Blue had a horrible three-match ODI collection as they misplaced to Australia by 2-1 on Wednesday.
“I feel he must play each recreation. You cannot have a captain who’s there for one match and never there for the remaining. It is so necessary. It can occur to some other participant. I do know it was a household dedication, so he needed to be there. That’s comprehensible,” Gavaskar mentioned whereas commentating on Star Sports.
“When it involves the World Cup, you’ll be able to’t have a household dedication; it is so simple as that. Maybe earlier than that, end all the pieces that you’ve until it is an emergency. Emergency is one thing utterly totally different.”
“You want continuity in management. There’s a sense that you’ve got everyone with you, in any other case there are two leaders. Then there are two leaders that the crew is taking a look at,” Gavaskar added.
#TeamIndia got here near the goal however it’s Australia who received the third and ultimate ODI by 21 runs.#INDvAUS | @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/1gmougMb0T
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Talking in regards to the ultimate ODI, whereas chasing a complete of 270, Indian batters perished and had been restricted to simply 248 runs as Australia received the match by 21 runs. India’s Mr 360, Suryakumar Yadav failed to attain once more and have become the sixth Indian batter to make three back-to-back geese in ODIs. Former greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan alongside Ishant Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah are on the listing.
For Australia, Adam Zampa got here up with the figures of 4 for 45 runs whereas Aston Agar scalped two for 41 runs, giving freely simply 86 runs within the 20 overs between them.