India vs Australia: “Their most shameful performance” – Parthiv Patel slams India’s batting display

India vs Australia: “Their most shameful performance” – Parthiv Patel slams India’s batting display
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Former India cricketer, Parthiv Patel has criticized the Indian cricket team for a disappointing batting performance on Day 3 of the Adelaide Test against Australia saying “there is no excuse” for such a play.

India took a sizable 62 run lead on Day 2 of the pink ball Test and it looked like the Virat Kohli-led team would post a strong tally on the board for the Aussies to chase. However, Australian pacers Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins changed the game as they picked up 8 wickets in the first session and India was left reeling at a poor score of 36/9.

Mohammed Shami got injured and had to go out retired hurt which meant India posted a 36/9 in the second innings. This also was the team’s lowest score in a Test innings in history.

‘You would never be able to explain how you got out for 36’

Parthiv Patel
Parthiv Patel

Former cricketer Parthiv Patel has said there is no excuse for getting just 36 runs on the board. “The scoreline of 36/9 is not excusable. Even I don’t know how would we be able to analyse this or talk about it,” he said during an interaction on Cricbuzz.

“India had batted well in the first innings. Posting 250 runs on this tough wicket was a good effort. India bowled well as well in the first innings. But there is no excuse to get all out for 36. We will say that this player bowled sensationally well or he bowled a superb spell. Even then how would you justify a total of 36?,” he added.

He further said that Team India had experienced players so there is no explanation for such a poor performance. “Players like Virat Kohli, Hanuma Vihari, Ajinkya Rahane, have all played on the biggest of stages. So, in your life, you would never be able to explain how you got out for 36. It does not matter how tough the opposition is, you would not have an explanation for this. Even if you are facing Hazlewood, Starc, Cummins, someone could have put their heads down and at least stitched one partnership. But we did not get to see it,” he said.

“This score of is India’s lowest total in a Test innings, and their previous lowest of 43 was in 1974, it was a long time ago. This, I would say, is India’s most shameful performance. Even if you try to criticise it, or analyse it, you cannot give an explanation for this. Someone needed to put their hands down, and raised their hands and continued to bat,” Parthiv signed off.

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