Sehwag on India’s defeat against England: Best travelling teams are made by performances

Sehwag on India’s defeat against England: Former India captain Virender Sehwag lashed out at the Indian team following another series defeat.

Post the 60-run defeat at Southampton, the Indian cricket team has received continuous denunciation from both fans and former cricketers. In the post-match presentation, Virat Kohli was right in stating that the team has been outplayed only once. But what is hurting the fans and the Indian cricket experts is the fact that India has managed to lose another away series.

Virender Sehwag, former Indian captain and second-highest run-scorer for India as a Test opener, has also joined the list of eminent cricketers who have criticized the current team’s wayward performance during the ongoing series against England.

During an interaction with India TV, Sehwag was quoted, “Best travelling teams are made by performances on the ground and not by sitting in the dressing rooms and talking about it. One can talk whatever they want to talk about but unless the bat does the talking, they can never become the best travelling team.”

Apparently, before the series had began, coach Ravi Shastri had advocated for the Indian team having bright chances of becoming the best travelling team around the world. Shastri believed that the current lot of players have the skills to attain that status. However, India’s performance in the series speak of otherwise.

Perhaps, Sehwag was targeting the way the team management reduced the practice match by a day or maybe something else. But vocal as he is, he didn’t hesitate to criticize the team.

Both the teams will now face each other on September 7 for the last match of the series at The Oval. Playing for pride, India would be looking to win the match and make a statement. Following these three guidelines might help them to stage a victory in the dead rubber.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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