Ex-Pakistan Star’s “Overconfident” Dig At Indian Team After 1st T20I Loss Against West Indies | Cricket News

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has criticised the Indian group after the aspect misplaced the primary T20I match towards West Indies at Tarouba, Trinidad on Thursday. The hosts shocked India by 4 runs because the vacationers flopped in pursuit of a modest 150-run goal. Well-placed at 77 for 3 within the eleventh over due to debutant Tilak Varma’s high rating of 39 and 21 from Suryakumar Yadav, India then misplaced six wickets for simply 68 runs. Akmal mentioned that India have been “overconfident” through the chase.

“When they (India) came for chase, I thought the captain, the coach, the management, they were overconfident. It felt like they thought, ‘it’s a nothing total’. You have to plan. I didn’t see that. I saw experiments, but you need to plan with it. You need to plan the player’s roles, keeping in mind whether they’re making a comeback or already a part of the side,” mentioned Akmal on his YouTube channel.

Akmal was additionally sad with the batting order of the Indian group within the first T20I. The Hardik Pandya-led aspect despatched Suryakumar on the quantity 3 spot. Varma adopted him whereas Hardik Pandya was the subsequent batter. Sanju Samson was despatched to bat on the sixth place.

“When I talk about Sanju (Samson), does he play in IPL at number 6? He plays in the top 4, give him a chance there. If (Virat) Kohli and Rohit (Sharma) aren’t there, these batsmen should play higher in the order. If you send him at 6, thinking he played aggressively in the last ODI so he can do that again. It doesn’t happen every time,” added Akmal.

India play the second T20I towards West Indies in Guyana on Sunday.

(With AFP Inputs)