Sidhu ne diya Team India ko IPL ke baad England Tour ke liye warning!
Champions Trophy jeet ke baad, Indian cricket team abhi break pe hai. Magar, IPL ke shuru hone ke saath hi, Rohit Sharma ki team ko June mein England tour ke liye taiyari shuru karni hogi. Former India batter Navjot Singh Sidhu ne team ko jaldi taiyari shuru karne ki salah di hai, kyunki unka manna hai ki team ko red-ball cricket mein kuchh dikkat aa rahi hai.
England tour ki taiyari abhi se shuru karo!
Sports Tak se baat karte hue, Sidhu ne bataya ki England ke 5-match Test series mein India ko kaafi mushkil aa sakti hai. “Sabse badi chinta ki baat yeh hai ki IPL aa raha hai. Koi bhi IPL miss nahi karna chahta. League khelne ke baad, turant England tour shuru ho jaayega. Conditions North Pole se South Pole jaise badal jayengi. Bilkul alag. Iske alawa, pichli baar India ka England Test series 4 August ko shuru hua tha. Is baar, woh 2 August ko khatam ho raha hai. Matches June aur July mein honge. Ghas aur moisture hogi, aur hawa itni bhaari hogi ki ball zyada move karegi. Aur phir seam se bhi zyada move karegi,” Sidhu ne kaha.
WTC final mein jagah nahi mili
India is saal ke shuruwat mein Border-Gavaskar Trophy mein Australia se haar ke baad World Test Championship (WTC) final ke liye qualify nahi kar paya.
Middle order mein all-rounders ki kami
Sidhu ne chetavni di ki India ko all-rounders aur white-ball specialists Hardik Pandya aur Axar Patel ke replacements dhundhne ki zarurat hai. “England apne ghar mein aur apni conditions mein khel rahi hai, aur woh ghayal sher ki tarah hain. Woh haar chuke hain. India ki sabse badi samasya yeh hai ki middle order mein white-ball cricket jaise all-rounders nahi hain. Kya koi Ravindra Jadeja, ya Hardik Pandya ya Axar Patel hai? In teeno mein se sirf Jadeja hai aur wahan woh bhi limited honge. Kya woh wahan ek innings mein 4-5 wickets lenge? Nahi,” unhone kaha.
Bowling aur batting mein balance banana hoga
Cricketer-turned-commentator ne yeh bhi kaha ki India ko apne bowlers chunne honge bina batting depth compromise kiye. “Iske liye aapko Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, shayad Arshdeep Singh pe depend karna hoga. Aapko in sab ke saath ek mystery spinner bhi laana hoga, woh England ki kamzori hai. Lekin India Varun Chakravarthy ko expose nahi karega. Ya phir woh Kuldeep ko khilayenge. Toh agar yeh aapke chaar bowlers hain, inmein se koi bhi bat nahi karta. Toh phir batting order ko kaise strong karna hai yeh samasya hai. Yeh sawaal India ke saamne khade hain,” Sidhu ne kaha.
